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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... the cross , and others with the double triangle , commonly called Solomon's Seal . This may be an old Jewish and Christian burial ground , and the tradition of the Arabs points it 46 Chap . III . WANDERINGS IN NORTH AFRICA .
... the cross , and others with the double triangle , commonly called Solomon's Seal . This may be an old Jewish and Christian burial ground , and the tradition of the Arabs points it 46 Chap . III . WANDERINGS IN NORTH AFRICA .
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... Christian inhabitants and the Moslem invaders . On riding up the eastern hill from the fountain , one finds it formed of a series of terraces , partly natural and partly artificial , with a broad plateau overlooking the street of Battus ...
... Christian inhabitants and the Moslem invaders . On riding up the eastern hill from the fountain , one finds it formed of a series of terraces , partly natural and partly artificial , with a broad plateau overlooking the street of Battus ...
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... Christians , as from its name some travellers have supposed . It must be remembered that names such as this have no origin in traditions of the country , as its present inhabitants ascribe all that they see to the Christians ( the Roum ) ...
... Christians , as from its name some travellers have supposed . It must be remembered that names such as this have no origin in traditions of the country , as its present inhabitants ascribe all that they see to the Christians ( the Roum ) ...
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... Christian antiquities . The theatre , outside the town , is more perfectly preserved than anything within it ; nearly one - half of the seats remain , but the prosce- nium has long since fallen into the sea , whose en- croaching waters ...
... Christian antiquities . The theatre , outside the town , is more perfectly preserved than anything within it ; nearly one - half of the seats remain , but the prosce- nium has long since fallen into the sea , whose en- croaching waters ...
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... Christian stranger passed their circular encampment . Their chief is somewhat more politic ; he frequently visited my tents , said that the English were good men , who beat the French , and then begged a supply of shot or writing ...
... Christian stranger passed their circular encampment . Their chief is somewhat more politic ; he frequently visited my tents , said that the English were good men , who beat the French , and then begged a supply of shot or writing ...
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