The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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Page 182
... Algiers . It would be saying far too little to describe Algiers as a French Malta or a French Gibraltar , and this not merely because it is larger and more populous than the city of the Rock , ' or because its beau tiful green suburbs ...
... Algiers . It would be saying far too little to describe Algiers as a French Malta or a French Gibraltar , and this not merely because it is larger and more populous than the city of the Rock , ' or because its beau tiful green suburbs ...
Page 183
... Algiers , we encounter the most curious varieties of population . On our road from the mole , we have fought our way through a motley crowd of French soldiers , miscellaneous tradesmen , negro women , and half - naked Arabs . We have ...
... Algiers , we encounter the most curious varieties of population . On our road from the mole , we have fought our way through a motley crowd of French soldiers , miscellaneous tradesmen , negro women , and half - naked Arabs . We have ...
Page 185
... Algiers . Its first aspect , as seen from the Sahel , is very impressive . Like the Ro- man Campagna , it stretches in an unbroken level , while the mountain - wall , rising high and abrupt on the further side , may fitly be compared to ...
... Algiers . Its first aspect , as seen from the Sahel , is very impressive . Like the Ro- man Campagna , it stretches in an unbroken level , while the mountain - wall , rising high and abrupt on the further side , may fitly be compared to ...
Page 186
... Algiers . The same dis- tance of 150 miles again repeated would bring us to the extreme limit of Algeria in that direction . In the interior of this eastern part of the French possessions , is the city of Cirta or Constantina , remarka ...
... Algiers . The same dis- tance of 150 miles again repeated would bring us to the extreme limit of Algeria in that direction . In the interior of this eastern part of the French possessions , is the city of Cirta or Constantina , remarka ...
Page 187
... Algiers ) the two points of greatest interest on the coast are Tenez and Cherchell - the former nearly on the site of Cartenna , which was a Roman colony built by Augustus for the second legion , the latter built by king Juba in honour ...
... Algiers ) the two points of greatest interest on the coast are Tenez and Cherchell - the former nearly on the site of Cartenna , which was a Roman colony built by Augustus for the second legion , the latter built by king Juba in honour ...
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