The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas MountainsJ. Murray, 1860 - 435 páginas |
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... rest of the voyage was on a calm sea and without incident . A Sunday on board a foreign ship realises the sensation of solitude in a crowd . Seated on the taffrail for quiet reading , I found myself by the side of an American , the ...
... rest of the voyage was on a calm sea and without incident . A Sunday on board a foreign ship realises the sensation of solitude in a crowd . Seated on the taffrail for quiet reading , I found myself by the side of an American , the ...
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... rest will remain ensconced among the branches of a chesnut - tree , and take a very close survey of the intruders . On the right may be seen , perched among almost inaccessible ridges , the gourbis , * or straw - wattled hovels , of a ...
... rest will remain ensconced among the branches of a chesnut - tree , and take a very close survey of the intruders . On the right may be seen , perched among almost inaccessible ridges , the gourbis , * or straw - wattled hovels , of a ...
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... ; and after a feast on cold pork and cabbage - water , were supplied with three thickly inhabited blankets to spread on the tables , and get over the rest of the night as best we might . Feverish and 36 CHAP . II . TAKING AN INN BY STORM .
... ; and after a feast on cold pork and cabbage - water , were supplied with three thickly inhabited blankets to spread on the tables , and get over the rest of the night as best we might . Feverish and 36 CHAP . II . TAKING AN INN BY STORM .
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... rest will remain ensconced among the branches of a chesnut - tree , and take a very close survey of the intruders . • On the right may be seen , perched among almost inaccessible ridges , the gourbis , * or straw - wattled hovels , of a ...
... rest will remain ensconced among the branches of a chesnut - tree , and take a very close survey of the intruders . • On the right may be seen , perched among almost inaccessible ridges , the gourbis , * or straw - wattled hovels , of a ...
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... rest of the country had succumbed this guerilla warfare continued . I remember a story of a friend of mine , a savant in Algiers , who had accom- panied a body of troops for the sake of naturalising , and who , hearing guns go off as he ...
... rest of the country had succumbed this guerilla warfare continued . I remember a story of a friend of mine , a savant in Algiers , who had accom- panied a body of troops for the sake of naturalising , and who , hearing guns go off as he ...
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