bordj

You will do well, in every case, to ride as far as the _bordj_, or rest-house, that stands near the entrance of the cleft, since there are about four wearisome miles of level country to be traversed after leaving

Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910

Now, on the former occasion, instead of descending into the _bordj_ from the railway line, I rode with the Tripolitan once more out of the rock-portal into the plain, that glowed with the fugitive fires of sunset.

Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910

It struck me that it would be more agreeable, instead of once more following the windings of the brook, to proceed along the railway -- a single line -- that climbs down from Ras-el-Aioun to within a few hundred yards of the _bordj_, where my horse was waiting.

Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910

The tents had all been pitched near together on the south of the bordj, and separated by it from the tiny oasis.

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Between the shadow cast by the bordj and the shadow cast by the palm trees stood the two tents on a patch of sand.

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

The horses moved slowly on, descending the hill on which stood the bordj.

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

They had mounted their horses before the great door of the bordj, said goodbye to the Sheikh of

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

"I told Batouch to put our tents on the other side of the bordj," she answered.

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

He got up at once from the table, and they walked together round the bordj.

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

She saw no village, only a very small grove of palms and near it the outline of a bordj.

The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907