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... Arabic sailors - Oriental manners The capsized vessel The banks of the canal and of the Nile- The water of the Nile The sailors ' song- Praying on the banks of the Nile . - First view of the Pyramids - Arrival at Cairo- -The suspended ...
... Arabic sailors - Oriental manners The capsized vessel The banks of the canal and of the Nile- The water of the Nile The sailors ' song- Praying on the banks of the Nile . - First view of the Pyramids - Arrival at Cairo- -The suspended ...
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... Arabic , is confined to familiar intercourse . To the expressed wish of the Maltese , that the former governor should remain with them longer than the usual time , the English minister for foreign affairs could only object , that places ...
... Arabic , is confined to familiar intercourse . To the expressed wish of the Maltese , that the former governor should remain with them longer than the usual time , the English minister for foreign affairs could only object , that places ...
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... Arabs as sailors . Upon our embarking they were at their meal : seated in a circle , they scrambled for their pilau with their scrubby fingers out of a large family dish common to all ; and this during the whole of our excursion was ...
... Arabs as sailors . Upon our embarking they were at their meal : seated in a circle , they scrambled for their pilau with their scrubby fingers out of a large family dish common to all ; and this during the whole of our excursion was ...
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... Arabs , as well as all who were walking on the shore , suddenly , as by one impulse , cross their arms and then raise them upwards , and kneel and prostrate them- selves upon the earth . The Arabs have , possibly , derived this custom ...
... Arabs , as well as all who were walking on the shore , suddenly , as by one impulse , cross their arms and then raise them upwards , and kneel and prostrate them- selves upon the earth . The Arabs have , possibly , derived this custom ...
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... Arabs , we landed in good condition at Bulak . It is true , we arrived at an unpropitious mo- ment at Cairo , for we found the gate already closed , and we were ig- norant of the parole ; but my companion knew how to untie the knot . He ...
... Arabs , we landed in good condition at Bulak . It is true , we arrived at an unpropitious mo- ment at Cairo , for we found the gate already closed , and we were ig- norant of the parole ; but my companion knew how to untie the knot . He ...
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