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... produce . We found the population scattered through the thin pine forests , gathering wood and digging out roots . I eyed them now with a haberdasher's eye , and scrutinized each Meintan and Jeleck , knowing the value of each piece of ...
... produce . We found the population scattered through the thin pine forests , gathering wood and digging out roots . I eyed them now with a haberdasher's eye , and scrutinized each Meintan and Jeleck , knowing the value of each piece of ...
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... produce an oke of silk , here about 60 , are charged four or five piastres ; they pay besides two paras the piastre ( 5 per cent . ) for collection to the agents of the Caimacan ; also the charges for the horsemen sent for it . The idea ...
... produce an oke of silk , here about 60 , are charged four or five piastres ; they pay besides two paras the piastre ( 5 per cent . ) for collection to the agents of the Caimacan ; also the charges for the horsemen sent for it . The idea ...
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... by the rains , had the appearance of an out- pouring of lava ; and the same effect was produced wherever there was a bulging out , as the billowing and descending terraces had the appearance of a spreading and 28 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
... by the rains , had the appearance of an out- pouring of lava ; and the same effect was produced wherever there was a bulging out , as the billowing and descending terraces had the appearance of a spreading and 28 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
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... produced . The ball was always caught and re- turned ; with the Druzes I had , with the exception of Sheik Hassan Talhouk , to be at les frais de la conversation : here I had only to make those of reply . These were Emirs , and yet ...
... produced . The ball was always caught and re- turned ; with the Druzes I had , with the exception of Sheik Hassan Talhouk , to be at les frais de la conversation : here I had only to make those of reply . These were Emirs , and yet ...
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... produce . " I told him that for the first they had themselves to blame , and for the second their government : if they were not idle they would make their own comash as formerly ; as to their goods , we never took them ; if they sold ...
... produce . " I told him that for the first they had themselves to blame , and for the second their government : if they were not idle they would make their own comash as formerly ; as to their goods , we never took them ; if they sold ...
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