Wanderings in North AfricaJ. Murray, 1856 - 320 Seiten Description of a journey from Bengazi through Barca and the Libyan Desert to Cairo. |
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... notes with his Secretary ( perhaps to show me that there is one Bey who can write ) , he ordered another dinner for me . I was not supposed to hear or understand anything of his hospitable intentions ; and , after an hour and a half of ...
... notes with his Secretary ( perhaps to show me that there is one Bey who can write ) , he ordered another dinner for me . I was not supposed to hear or understand anything of his hospitable intentions ; and , after an hour and a half of ...
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... notes of these last days mention made of a curious bargain , which was struck in my presence ; it was the sale of half a mare . The price of the entire animal was fixed at a certain sum , half of which was paid down by the purchaser ...
... notes of these last days mention made of a curious bargain , which was struck in my presence ; it was the sale of half a mare . The price of the entire animal was fixed at a certain sum , half of which was paid down by the purchaser ...
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... notes of the Cyrenaica without adding that I spent there ( occasional annoyances ex- cepted ) some most pleasant months ; I came to the country an invalid , and was exceedingly unwell when I started for Grennah ; but its pure air and ...
... notes of the Cyrenaica without adding that I spent there ( occasional annoyances ex- cepted ) some most pleasant months ; I came to the country an invalid , and was exceedingly unwell when I started for Grennah ; but its pure air and ...
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... note - book the little I had observed or heard during the day , when three shots were fired , the balls passing with a loud whistling through my tent just over my head . At first I thought little of the in- cident , believing that it ...
... note - book the little I had observed or heard during the day , when three shots were fired , the balls passing with a loud whistling through my tent just over my head . At first I thought little of the in- cident , believing that it ...
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... note - book ; of the latter I have said , perhaps , more than enough , for annoyances which in the retrospect are insignificant , seem proportionably great while one is suffering from them . The time of actual travelling from Siwah to ...
... note - book ; of the latter I have said , perhaps , more than enough , for annoyances which in the retrospect are insignificant , seem proportionably great while one is suffering from them . The time of actual travelling from Siwah to ...
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