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... before traversed by any European , and where , as I believe , no English traveller but ourselves has ever wandered . The northern portion , or " Hauts Plateaux , " of the Sahara is well known to the French ; but of vi PREFACE .
... before traversed by any European , and where , as I believe , no English traveller but ourselves has ever wandered . The northern portion , or " Hauts Plateaux , " of the Sahara is well known to the French ; but of vi PREFACE .
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... travellers . Geographical research appears at the present moment to be concentrated on the great continent of Africa ; and Livingstone , Barth , Petherick , and Speke have been revealing to us countries but yesterday undreamt of . Still ...
... travellers . Geographical research appears at the present moment to be concentrated on the great continent of Africa ; and Livingstone , Barth , Petherick , and Speke have been revealing to us countries but yesterday undreamt of . Still ...
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... traveller - Saharan sewerage - Dove - shooting — Cultivation of gardens - Novel wells - Ploughs - Forbidden sweets Degenerate kouskousou - An exigéant Dragoman - The Kadi's farewell - - CHAPTER IX . Page 124 A narrow escape - A ...
... traveller - Saharan sewerage - Dove - shooting — Cultivation of gardens - Novel wells - Ploughs - Forbidden sweets Degenerate kouskousou - An exigéant Dragoman - The Kadi's farewell - - CHAPTER IX . Page 124 A narrow escape - A ...
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... traveller - Saharan sewerage - Dove - shooting- Cultivation of gardens - Novel wells -Ploughs - Forbidden sweets Degenerate kouskousou — An exigéant Dragoman - The Kadi's farewell CHAPTER IX . Page 124 A narrow escape · A suspiciously ...
... traveller - Saharan sewerage - Dove - shooting- Cultivation of gardens - Novel wells -Ploughs - Forbidden sweets Degenerate kouskousou — An exigéant Dragoman - The Kadi's farewell CHAPTER IX . Page 124 A narrow escape · A suspiciously ...
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... traveller seeking an outfit in French Africa . What- ever is required by an officer for a Kabyle campaign , and is not supplied by the " Intendance Militaire , " is to be had at once , but nothing more . Long and anxious were the ...
... traveller seeking an outfit in French Africa . What- ever is required by an officer for a Kabyle campaign , and is not supplied by the " Intendance Militaire , " is to be had at once , but nothing more . Long and anxious were 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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