The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 25; Volume 36National Geographic Society, 1914 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... entire sheep , cooked whole . One of my favorite dishes was chuck- chucks , made of fried eggs , cooked with oil , and dried red peppers . The bread was always excellent - made of barley or millet . There were always quantities of dried ...
... entire sheep , cooked whole . One of my favorite dishes was chuck- chucks , made of fried eggs , cooked with oil , and dried red peppers . The bread was always excellent - made of barley or millet . There were always quantities of dried ...
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... entire day . To make a heug kneel , the rider cries out , " Ch - ch - ch , " and a person standing near strikes it with a stick on the knees at the same time the rider speaks to it . The camel soon learns to kneel without being struck ...
... entire day . To make a heug kneel , the rider cries out , " Ch - ch - ch , " and a person standing near strikes it with a stick on the knees at the same time the rider speaks to it . The camel soon learns to kneel without being struck ...
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... entire body . When at full speed a mehari has a most remarkable single - foot or pacing step , the motion of which is not at all disagreeable , and it can cover quite easily 100 miles in a day without undue fatigue . The feet of camels ...
... entire body . When at full speed a mehari has a most remarkable single - foot or pacing step , the motion of which is not at all disagreeable , and it can cover quite easily 100 miles in a day without undue fatigue . The feet of camels ...
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... entire sugar loaf has been brought in and placed with a hammer near the Sheik . The tea- pots having been filled . with water , they are set on glowing coals , often of dried camel's dung , as charcoal and wood are almost unknown . When ...
... entire sugar loaf has been brought in and placed with a hammer near the Sheik . The tea- pots having been filled . with water , they are set on glowing coals , often of dried camel's dung , as charcoal and wood are almost unknown . When ...
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... entire railroad system ; now it has put the com- pressed air and water systems out of commission ; now it has bottled up one end of Culebra Cut with an avalanche of debris ; now it has imprisoned dirt trains and wrecked steam shovels ...
... entire railroad system ; now it has put the com- pressed air and water systems out of commission ; now it has bottled up one end of Culebra Cut with an avalanche of debris ; now it has imprisoned dirt trains and wrecked steam shovels ...
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