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... dirty streets of Alexandria , I every where encountered the Eastern world , with its peculiarities , its singular manners and customs , and its strange natural physiognomy . Here were groups of Mussulmans sitting in their picturesque ...
... dirty streets of Alexandria , I every where encountered the Eastern world , with its peculiarities , its singular manners and customs , and its strange natural physiognomy . Here were groups of Mussulmans sitting in their picturesque ...
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... dirty house with a sign may be so designated . The Nile is here about 500 paces broad , and gradually increases in width as it approaches Cairo ; in some places it flows in a bed 3000 paces in width , and is studded with sandy and ...
... dirty house with a sign may be so designated . The Nile is here about 500 paces broad , and gradually increases in width as it approaches Cairo ; in some places it flows in a bed 3000 paces in width , and is studded with sandy and ...
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... dirty streets of Bulak to Cairo , a distance of only three miles , which we accomplished in half an hour . On our way thither the increasing bustle and activity indicated our approach to a populous Oriental city . We met heavily - laden ...
... dirty streets of Bulak to Cairo , a distance of only three miles , which we accomplished in half an hour . On our way thither the increasing bustle and activity indicated our approach to a populous Oriental city . We met heavily - laden ...
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... dirty town , built of stone and brick , surrounded by a decayed wall , with scarcely 2000 inhabitants , who subsist by fishing and trade . the staple place for the coffee from Mocha , which is sent on camels to Cairo . After our luggage ...
... dirty town , built of stone and brick , surrounded by a decayed wall , with scarcely 2000 inhabitants , who subsist by fishing and trade . the staple place for the coffee from Mocha , which is sent on camels to Cairo . After our luggage ...
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... dirty , and are chiefly kept by the Parsees . The only remarkable building in Bombay is the Government- house ; it has a fine colonnade , and in front of it is a square planted with trees , with a fountain rising 32 BOMBAY .
... dirty , and are chiefly kept by the Parsees . The only remarkable building in Bombay is the Government- house ; it has a fine colonnade , and in front of it is a square planted with trees , with a fountain rising 32 BOMBAY .
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