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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... castle - a square building , flanked with round towers , standing on the sea - shore , and conspicuous only from its whiteness - are the first objects which strike the eye . The town itself is not seen until the traveller is close to it ...
... castle - a square building , flanked with round towers , standing on the sea - shore , and conspicuous only from its whiteness - are the first objects which strike the eye . The town itself is not seen until the traveller is close to it ...
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... castles newly erected for the purpose of keeping the Arabs of the interior in subjection . The Consular body consists of an English Vice - Consul , a French Consular Agent , and Vice - Consuls - or calling themselves such - for Tuscany ...
... castles newly erected for the purpose of keeping the Arabs of the interior in subjection . The Consular body consists of an English Vice - Consul , a French Consular Agent , and Vice - Consuls - or calling themselves such - for Tuscany ...
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... is no bath in the town , excepting in the castle , where there is one capable of containing a single person . I have nowhere seen Moslemin so dirty in person . - CHAPTER II . Preparations for Departure from Benghazi .
... is no bath in the town , excepting in the castle , where there is one capable of containing a single person . I have nowhere seen Moslemin so dirty in person . - CHAPTER II . Preparations for Departure from Benghazi .
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... castle , called by the Arabs Kasr Jbilla . It is a square build- ing , with towers at the corners , built of oblong blocks of wrought stone , of which , in some parts , several courses still exist , devoid of ornament ; it may belong to ...
... castle , called by the Arabs Kasr Jbilla . It is a square build- ing , with towers at the corners , built of oblong blocks of wrought stone , of which , in some parts , several courses still exist , devoid of ornament ; it may belong to ...
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... castle , like that which I visited at Elbenich , but not so well . preserved nor in so commanding a situation . Many similar remains of castles , which probably formed a line of defence against the border tribes , are to be seen on the ...
... castle , like that which I visited at Elbenich , but not so well . preserved nor in so commanding a situation . Many similar remains of castles , which probably formed a line of defence against the border tribes , are to be seen on the ...
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