Leaves from a Lady's Diary of Her Travels in Barbary, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1850 |
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Abdellia acquaintance Africa Algeria Algiers Arabs Arriana arrived Bardo beautiful Bedouin Bey's Bona camels captain carriage Carthage Casbah charming Civita Vecchia Consul deck delight divan door dragoman Europe European excursion eyes feet four francs French French Consul gate gave Giuseppina Goletta Guelma Hamamlif hamba hand handsome harbour harem heard hills horses hyænas Jemme Jews journey Lady Reade lake of Tunis land Lillah Lindon look Malta Maltese mameluke ment Moorish Moors morning mountain Naimeh never night o'clock ourselves passed piastres poor present reached ride rode Roland round ruins Ruisseau d'Or sail seemed seen Sheik Sidi Sir Thomas Reade soon spahis spot steamer streets tent thing thought to-day told took town traveller Tunis Tunisian Uthina vessel weather whilst whole wife wind women Zowan
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