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 current in all the markets of the world. And, when it ceases to produce, its sap is made into a mild kind of wine, the heart of the tree is eaten; the wood and root and leaves are used for fences and roofs, for mats and ropes and baskets. The inhabitants of these oases are a race of mulattoes distinct from other races of Algeria; they lack the surliness and the reserve of the coast races, and possess in some degree the affable disposition of the negro.

FACES NOT DEVOID OF EXPRESSION

WHERE DATES ARE "HATCHED BY SUNSHINE"