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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... traveller is close to it ; it 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 ...
... traveller is close to it ; it 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 ...
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... traveller I gained upon the luggage fifteen or twenty minutes in every hour . I have noted the distances , for convenience ' sake , by the times of the departure and arrival of the camels , ( at which I was always present , ) their pace ...
... traveller I gained upon the luggage fifteen or twenty minutes in every hour . I have noted the distances , for convenience ' sake , by the times of the departure and arrival of the camels , ( at which I was always present , ) their pace ...
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... traveller to attempt such excavations ; for they demand his continued presence on the spot , to prevent the abstraction of the smaller objects which may be found , and the wanton destruction of others ; and the jealousy of the natives ...
... traveller to attempt such excavations ; for they demand his continued presence on the spot , to prevent the abstraction of the smaller objects which may be found , and the wanton destruction of others ; and the jealousy of the natives ...
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... traveller finds enough to convey the general impression of the past splendour of a luxurious city , but little to satisfy a refined taste , and nothing of which it can be said , if we except the great reservoir , " This is indeed ...
... traveller finds enough to convey the general impression of the past splendour of a luxurious city , but little to satisfy a refined taste , and nothing of which it can be said , if we except the great reservoir , " This is indeed ...
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... traveller who has tarried in Egypt till the spring - who is tired of Syria , and unwilling to go to Europe , a more delightful retreat for summer cannot be suggested . The air is far purer than in any part of Italy , the scenery more ...
... traveller who has tarried in Egypt till the spring - who is tired of Syria , and unwilling to go to Europe , a more delightful retreat for summer cannot be suggested . The air is far purer than in any part of Italy , the scenery more ...
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