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The rural and domestic Life of Germany with characteristic sketches of its cities and scenery, collected in a general tour, and during a residence in the country in the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. La vie rurale et privée de l'Allemagne, suivie d'esquisses caractéristiques de ses villes et de ses paysages, etc., par WILLIAM HOWITT; in-8.

Various - L'Illustration, No. 0003, 18 Mars 1843

Many Biskrans settle in the coast cities, especially Algiers, where they obtain employment as porters; hence, biskri = 'porter. The Arabic suffix -i corresponds to the English -an or -ite. 88 22 la patience lui échappa: 'he lost all patience'; cf. note to 4 24. 89 2 Le jour tombait: we say 'night was falling'; cf. la nuit tombait. 44 16, and

Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin de Tarascon