Composed of mud and loose stones, and covered with a thatch of turf and straw, known to the natives by the name of "driss," the gourbi, though a grade better than the tents of the nomad Arabs, was yet far inferior to any habitation built of brick or stone. It adjoined an old stone hostelry, previously occupied by a detachment of engineers.
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One of Verne's lesser novels, in my opinion.,
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This is one of Verne's lesser novels, which I had been curious about. I would not recommend spending much time with it. The chief interest is in how much more we now know about comets than Verne and his contemporaries apparently did.
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Ben Zoof, Hector Servadac, Captain Servadac, Lieutenant Procope, Count Timascheff, Gourbi Island, Isaac Hakkabut, Nina's Hive, Major Oliphant, Professor Rosette, Palmyrin Rosette, Colonel Murphy, God of Israel, Malcolm Sage, Sir Lyster, Corporal Pim, New Year's Day, Old World, Count Wassili Timascheff, Gulf of Cabes, Little Atlas, Llewellyn John New!
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Ben Zoof, Hector Servadac, Captain Servadac, Lieutenant Procope, Count Timascheff, Gourbi Island, Isaac Hakkabut, Nina's Hive, Major Oliphant, Professor Rosette, Palmyrin Rosette, Colonel Murphy, God of Israel, Malcolm Sage, Sir Lyster, Corporal Pim, New Year's Day, Old World, Count Wassili Timascheff, Gulf of Cabes, Little Atlas, Llewellyn John New!
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- Off on a Comet by Jules Verne in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 1
- Hector Servadac by Jules Verne in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Round the World in Eighty Days (Penguin Readers, Level 5) by Jules Verne in Front Matter, and page 1
- William Tell by Margaret Early on page 203
- Michael Strogoff: A Courier of the Czar (Scribner Illustrated Classics) by Jules Verne in Front Matter
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