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... seen administering the justice of the Koran , and settling the disputes of the wrangling daughters of Moslem , who recount their grievances from veiled lips through a small lattice window . Lower down the street is the Grand Mosque or ...
... seen administering the justice of the Koran , and settling the disputes of the wrangling daughters of Moslem , who recount their grievances from veiled lips through a small lattice window . Lower down the street is the Grand Mosque or ...
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... seen in the centre of the road at a distance of several miles . Here on April 18 , 1842 , twenty - two soldiers commanded by a sergeant resisted the onslaught of 300 Arabs , and after a des- perate resistance were all left for dead . A ...
... seen in the centre of the road at a distance of several miles . Here on April 18 , 1842 , twenty - two soldiers commanded by a sergeant resisted the onslaught of 300 Arabs , and after a des- perate resistance were all left for dead . A ...
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... seen scram- bling promiscuously up the mountain side , mothers carrying their young , some on their back , others in their arms , and frequently turning , rushing up a tree , and , after a hasty glance at the passing traveller , chat ...
... seen scram- bling promiscuously up the mountain side , mothers carrying their young , some on their back , others in their arms , and frequently turning , rushing up a tree , and , after a hasty glance at the passing traveller , chat ...
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... seen scram- bling promiscuously up the mountain side , mothers carrying their young , some on their back , others in · their arms , and frequently turning , rushing up a tree , and , after a hasty glance at the passing traveller , chat ...
... seen scram- bling promiscuously up the mountain side , mothers carrying their young , some on their back , others in · their arms , and frequently turning , rushing up a tree , and , after a hasty glance at the passing traveller , chat ...
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... seen the tents of a considerable colony of Arabs , the families and dependants of the troopers . These are for the most part stationary , and the head - quarters of each troop of Spahis is permanent , so that the service is very light ...
... seen the tents of a considerable colony of Arabs , the families and dependants of the troopers . These are for the most part stationary , and the head - quarters of each troop of Spahis is permanent , so that the service is very light ...
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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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