Author: Joseph Williams Blakesley

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-19

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780484144155

Excerpt from Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage The Western Province - Coasting Voyage - View of Coast - K Harbourless Sea - View of Cherchell Its Capture by the French - Tenez - Coast of the Dahra - arrival at Oran - Its Acquisition by France - Uncertain Policy of the Government - Evil of Concessions - Population of Oran - Geological Cha racter of the Neighbourhood of Oran - Resemblance to the Sahel - Life on the Borders - Hospitality of French Officers Journey to Tlemcen - Savageness of an Arab Tribe - Horrible Route - African Charioteering - Occupation of Tlemcen Frontier Warfare - Rough-handed J ustice - The Mechouar of Tlemcen - Rise of Abd - el-kader - Abd - el - Kader at Tlemcen The French break with him - Defeat at the Makta - Expedi tion to Maskara - Disastrous Retreat - Cavaignac in the Mechouar - His heroic Bravery and Magnanimity - Destruo tion of Tlemcen - Remains of Native Town - Magnitude of Ancient City - The Mansourah - Walls of Artificial Concrete -traces of former Greatness - Arab Hockey - Tomb of Sidi bou-medine - Arab School - Government Breeding Stable Diet of Barbary Horses - Their special Merits - ain temou chent - Lions and Panthers - Copper Mines of Sebdou. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.