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35. d'avant la conquête. Algiers was taken by the French in 1830, but the country was not wholly subdued until 1855.

36. romaines, sarrazines : Roman, Saracenic. As Southern France was for a long time ruled by the Romans, and afterwards repeatedly overrun by the Moors, it is possible that the types referred to are relies of that occupation. Note that the adjectives are féminine, referring to têtes,