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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... looks like a large collection of mud huts , unrelieved by a single minaret , or even by the dove - cots , which render many of the mud villages on the Nile so picturesque . Closer inspection confirms this first impression of the town ...
... looks like a large collection of mud huts , unrelieved by a single minaret , or even by the dove - cots , which render many of the mud villages on the Nile so picturesque . Closer inspection confirms this first impression of the town ...
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... looks . Both women and children wear immense hoop ear - rings , three and four inches in diameter , and sometimes four or five in each ear , inserted one above the other in the cartilage . The silver bracelets and anklets which complete ...
... looks . Both women and children wear immense hoop ear - rings , three and four inches in diameter , and sometimes four or five in each ear , inserted one above the other in the cartilage . The silver bracelets and anklets which complete ...
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... look for sleep . I made up my mind , therefore , to wait till this month was over , and gave orders for a start on the morrow of the Bairam . This , however , happened to be Wednesday , and my guide represented to me that Wednesday is ...
... look for sleep . I made up my mind , therefore , to wait till this month was over , and gave orders for a start on the morrow of the Bairam . This , however , happened to be Wednesday , and my guide represented to me that Wednesday is ...
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... look , which he owes to his ears being slit at the top - a sign that he was foaled at night . After much screaming and scolding among the drivers , and the usual amount of growling on the part of the camels , everything was got into ...
... look , which he owes to his ears being slit at the top - a sign that he was foaled at night . After much screaming and scolding among the drivers , and the usual amount of growling on the part of the camels , everything was got into ...
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... looks down upon a long stony vale , in which are several wells , but not a trace of vegeta- tion . These were surrounded by Bedawin busily em- ployed in drawing water in goat - skins , while their flocks and herds covered the bare rocky ...
... looks down upon a long stony vale , in which are several wells , but not a trace of vegeta- tion . These were surrounded by Bedawin busily em- ployed in drawing water in goat - skins , while their flocks and herds covered the bare rocky ...
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