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NATURAL DEFENSES

PAINTINGS OF A PRISONER

El Hadj Ahmed, whose career of crime was cut short by the conquest. The exterior of his abode gives little promise of the gorgeousness within, where we are greeted by a scene resembling in fantastic design and gaudy coloring a stage setting for a spectacular ex-

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