The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas MountainsJ. Murray, 1860 - 435 páginas |
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Henry Baker Tristram. road to Milianah , and turning abruptly to the south followed up the course of the impetuous torrent . The antiquarian would be rewarded by continuing his ride for two miles further to the town of Mouzaïa , where ...
Henry Baker Tristram. road to Milianah , and turning abruptly to the south followed up the course of the impetuous torrent . The antiquarian would be rewarded by continuing his ride for two miles further to the town of Mouzaïa , where ...
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... followed his father , the agha * of the great sept of the Arbaa , was re- peatedly unhorsed , but , nothing daunted , remounted each time without a tear ; another cavalier was carried off for dead , and a third with a broken leg . But ...
... followed his father , the agha * of the great sept of the Arbaa , was re- peatedly unhorsed , but , nothing daunted , remounted each time without a tear ; another cavalier was carried off for dead , and a third with a broken leg . But ...
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... followed the system of their Roman predecessors . Their lines and posts are almost if not altogether identical , as indeed the nature of the country dictated . No inscription reveals the ancient name of Boghar ; but following the crest ...
... followed the system of their Roman predecessors . Their lines and posts are almost if not altogether identical , as indeed the nature of the country dictated . No inscription reveals the ancient name of Boghar ; but following the crest ...
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... followed by several others in rapid succession . One of these dark columns crossed our path not above a hundred yards in front of us , and at once we saw it to be a cloud pillar , or whirl- wind , moving rapidly along in a circular ...
... followed by several others in rapid succession . One of these dark columns crossed our path not above a hundred yards in front of us , and at once we saw it to be a cloud pillar , or whirl- wind , moving rapidly along in a circular ...
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... followed them . The same scrutiny was several times repeated , but on each occa- sion they took care to increase their distance till we discontinued the pursuit . We next met a Bedouin tribe performing its migra- tion like the birds ...
... followed them . The same scrutiny was several times repeated , but on each occa- sion they took care to increase their distance till we discontinued the pursuit . We next met a Bedouin tribe performing its migra- tion like the birds ...
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