The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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Page 78
... considerable tracts the teff , a species of grass ( Poa abyssinica ) , from the seeds of which most of the bread used in the country is made . " Tocusso , " another bread grain ( Eleusine Tocusso ) , coffee , which grows wild , the vine ...
... considerable tracts the teff , a species of grass ( Poa abyssinica ) , from the seeds of which most of the bread used in the country is made . " Tocusso , " another bread grain ( Eleusine Tocusso ) , coffee , which grows wild , the vine ...
Page 100
... considerable commerce with Genoa , Marseilles , and other Mediterranean ports . Bardo is a smaller place , which may be said to depend for its very subsistence on the Court of the Bey , whose palaces it surrounds ; and the only other ...
... considerable commerce with Genoa , Marseilles , and other Mediterranean ports . Bardo is a smaller place , which may be said to depend for its very subsistence on the Court of the Bey , whose palaces it surrounds ; and the only other ...
Page 179
... considerable distance into the interior . As a matter of fact , the influence of the Arab ruler is recognised only just so far as the guns on his forts can reach - and no further . Of these mainland settlements Melende is the most ...
... considerable distance into the interior . As a matter of fact , the influence of the Arab ruler is recognised only just so far as the guns on his forts can reach - and no further . Of these mainland settlements Melende is the most ...
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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