The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... English or connected with the English line of steamers , and in the Turkish machine - shops and building - yards there are employed many Europeans of various nationalities - Germans , French , English , and Greek , though the latter are ...
... English or connected with the English line of steamers , and in the Turkish machine - shops and building - yards there are employed many Europeans of various nationalities - Germans , French , English , and Greek , though the latter are ...
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... English institutions and the English tongue . And here , before resuming our voyage down the West Coast , it may be remarked that , apart from the climate , the English have not made the best of their West African colonies . The soil is ...
... English institutions and the English tongue . And here , before resuming our voyage down the West Coast , it may be remarked that , apart from the climate , the English have not made the best of their West African colonies . The soil is ...
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... English is very generally spoken . Bloemfontein , the capital , appears to the visitor very British , and an English- man is under the constitution quite as eligible for the legislature as a Dutchman , pro- vided he can persuade the ...
... English is very generally spoken . Bloemfontein , the capital , appears to the visitor very British , and an English- man is under the constitution quite as eligible for the legislature as a Dutchman , pro- vided he can persuade the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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