The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas MountainsJ. Murray, 1860 - 435 páginas |
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... miles of the direct course of all vessels up the Mediterranean . We were reminded that autumn was now setting in by the numerous flocks of migratory birds which passed us on their way southwards , chiefly familiar English summer ...
... miles of the direct course of all vessels up the Mediterranean . We were reminded that autumn was now setting in by the numerous flocks of migratory birds which passed us on their way southwards , chiefly familiar English summer ...
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... miles for three or four sous , you will find yourself between a Jewish and Moorish lady . The beauty of the latter cannot be described , as she carefully conceals with her haïk all except her bright black eyes and the hennaed tips of ...
... miles for three or four sous , you will find yourself between a Jewish and Moorish lady . The beauty of the latter cannot be described , as she carefully conceals with her haïk all except her bright black eyes and the hennaed tips of ...
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... miles further on lies the village of Dely Ibrahim , interesting as having been the first French attempt at ... mile distant , has since been added for the reception of girls , who are instructed in the useful domestic arts , and perform ...
... miles further on lies the village of Dely Ibrahim , interesting as having been the first French attempt at ... mile distant , has since been added for the reception of girls , who are instructed in the useful domestic arts , and perform ...
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... 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 surgeon who accidentally was with the party recovered ...
... 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 surgeon who accidentally was with the party recovered ...
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... miles is strewed with ruins of Roman monn- ments . Often as I have visited them , I am not about to inflict on my readers the antiquarian details which if they desire they can find in the gorgeous work of M. Berbrugger ; but far beyond ...
... miles is strewed with ruins of Roman monn- ments . Often as I have visited them , I am not about to inflict on my readers the antiquarian details which if they desire they can find in the gorgeous work of M. Berbrugger ; but far beyond ...
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