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Page 44
... never camped together , except for occasional field - days , like that described at Medeah . The captain , one lieutenant , sergeant - major , pay - sergeant , and farrier , are always Frenchmen ; and though the promotion is slow , yet ...
... never camped together , except for occasional field - days , like that described at Medeah . The captain , one lieutenant , sergeant - major , pay - sergeant , and farrier , are always Frenchmen ; and though the promotion is slow , yet ...
Page 52
... never attempted any occupation of that inhospitable region . For the detached post at Djelfa , to be noticed after- wards , appears to have been established for the sake of the salt - works , and not part of any military line . In fact ...
... never attempted any occupation of that inhospitable region . For the detached post at Djelfa , to be noticed after- wards , appears to have been established for the sake of the salt - works , and not part of any military line . In fact ...
Page 57
... never grudges its aid to any scheme for the ad- vancement of physical civilization , so long as it be carried on in due form and with an adequate supply of officials and paper . In riding across the plain we found it rather dangerous to ...
... never grudges its aid to any scheme for the ad- vancement of physical civilization , so long as it be carried on in due form and with an adequate supply of officials and paper . In riding across the plain we found it rather dangerous to ...
Page 67
... never to have suggested itself to the French authorities . Yet , at present , with a railway from Blidah to Algiers , and the military road opened from thence to Boghar , the purest natron could be delivered at the coast at a charge of ...
... never to have suggested itself to the French authorities . Yet , at present , with a railway from Blidah to Algiers , and the military road opened from thence to Boghar , the purest natron could be delivered at the coast at a charge of ...
Page 97
... never cut , except when the tree has fallen or been felled , as the loss of its crown invariably destroys the plant . The Arabs count fifteen varieties of dates , of which the deghetnour is considered the best for keeping , and three ...
... never cut , except when the tree has fallen or been felled , as the loss of its crown invariably destroys the plant . The Arabs count fifteen varieties of dates , of which the deghetnour is considered the best for keeping , and three ...
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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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