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The picture which follows is interesting, it is overdrawn, however, since Algeria never was, and certainly is not today, as bad as Daudet paints it. 80 28 Zouzou: military slang for zouave. 81 1 le sergent La Ramée, le brigadier Pitou: popular names for the French soldier, the English "Tommy Atkins." 81 3 su: 'known how, 'been able.
The janizaries of Algiers became independent in 1669, and dominated the pirate commonwealth. 53 5 Huit jours durant: 'for a whole week. Durant, 'during, is emphatic when it follows its noun, cf. 61 7. 53 7 ces dames: cf. note to 16 13. Cf. Exodus III, 5. 53 11 s'en revenait: Cf. s'en aller 17 4, s'en retourner 2 8. 53 19 poterne: 'postern, a back door, and then, by extension, any small door.
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