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... Halt at the gate - Sidi Zobeir- An Arab aristocrat - A feast - Public toilet - Ride through the city- Ruined palace- A costly Sultan - History of Waregla― Jews - Old coins- Gar- dens Attempt at colonization - Geological speculations 210 ...
... Halt at the gate - Sidi Zobeir- An Arab aristocrat - A feast - Public toilet - Ride through the city- Ruined palace- A costly Sultan - History of Waregla― Jews - Old coins- Gar- dens Attempt at colonization - Geological speculations 210 ...
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... Halt at the gate - Sidi Zobeir- feast Public toilet- - - - An Arab aristocrat - A Ride through the city- Ruined palace- A costly Sultan - History of Waregla - Jews - Old coins - Gar- dens Attempt at colonization - Geological ...
... Halt at the gate - Sidi Zobeir- feast Public toilet- - - - An Arab aristocrat - A Ride through the city- Ruined palace- A costly Sultan - History of Waregla - Jews - Old coins - Gar- dens Attempt at colonization - Geological ...
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... halt , were not sorry to find ourselves once more in the saddle , with no inten- tion of resting again till we should have crossed the Atlas . The road follows the old Roman way to Cherchell , and its pavement is still perfect in places ...
... halt , were not sorry to find ourselves once more in the saddle , with no inten- tion of resting again till we should have crossed the Atlas . The road follows the old Roman way to Cherchell , and its pavement is still perfect in places ...
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... halted at a solitary little auberge , called the Ruisseau des Singes , ensconced in a sheltered nook , and completely con- cealed till the moment of reaching its door . Here we had intended to pass the night , as evening was drawing on ...
... halted at a solitary little auberge , called the Ruisseau des Singes , ensconced in a sheltered nook , and completely con- cealed till the moment of reaching its door . Here we had intended to pass the night , as evening was drawing on ...
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... halted a moment here , they wheeled , plunged spurs into their snorting steeds , and , wildly waving their pieces , with a yet wilder shout galloped back . Each as he passed the general's staff in his stride discharged his weapon in the ...
... halted a moment here , they wheeled , plunged spurs into their snorting steeds , and , wildly waving their pieces , with a yet wilder shout galloped back . Each as he passed the general's staff in his stride discharged his weapon in the ...
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Achmed Africa Agha Algeria Algiers Arab armed arrived barley Bedouin Beni Isguen Berber Berryan birds Biskra Boghar burnous camels camp caravan caravanserai carpet cavaliers centre Chaamba coffee convoy dark dates dayat descended desert distance Djebel Djelfa djemmâa dragoman dromedary English falcon feet fire flocks French gardens gate gazelle Ghardaïa Guerrara halt hand head Herodotus hill horsemen horses inhabitants Jews journey Kabyles kadi khalifat kouskousou Laghouat M'zab marabout Medeah mekhasni miles military morning Morocco mosque mounted Mozabites N'goussa native negro never night nomads oases oasis Omar palm palm-groves palm-trees passed plain race ride ridge rock rode Roman round saddle Sahara salt sand scarcely sehaurs sent sheik side Sidi skin soon Souf Spahis species specimen square stone supply tent terebinth tion Touareg Touat traveller trees tribes Tuggurt walls Waregla Wed R'hir whole yards Zobeir
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