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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), September 1860, Edition 1 of 1, Page 21, III.—ALGIERS.

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      Iii.—Algiers.

      III . —ALGIERS . FIRST IMPRESSIONS .

      + They Another If Any Die; Quarter Enter...

      + they another If any die quarter enterprising if they of wish the to Eng glob get lish e out in , addition lad of y Christendom or to gentleman their ; own if they wishes Europ wish e to b to efore see see

      on strange camels beasts ; to eat , strange , p ine lants and , and wild new boar races ; in ; fact if they , to be wish put to down ride porcup

      without much , trouble and no danger in a perfectly new world , there is only one place within seventy-eight hours of travelling from

      London London The quickest whi to Paris ch will way which an of swer getting is this twelve p out urpose hours of Europe . ; from is Paris to take to Marseilles rail from ,

      which is eighteen , hours ; and steam-boat from Marseilles to Algiers , forty of -eight the hour j s ; which can is be a total made of as seventy long as -eig the ht hours traveller ' travelling likes by ;

      course ourney rest stopp at ing Marseilles to rest on are the gen road erall ; but y enoug a nig h ht ancient for ' s rest most Numidia at tr P avellers aris and in . Barbary a Then night in ' s

      in four Al or geria five , days in the you country are in Afric of the a , Carthag in inians , the , Romans , the , Moorsthe Arabsthe Turksthe Kabyles , the Negroes , and " the

      land rats , and water , rats , land , thieves and water thieves "—I mean pirates The . best time for the English to to Aliers is in the early

      you winter and will be ; October sick probabl and y is disgusted arrive too hot , . as If we with you did take every , on go our thing a fiery advice whilst hot g , and day waiting go in next November winter in the , ,

      port a and great you and umbrella will going be throug repaid , which . h Even the sheltered horrors on deck us of from , as lan we ding the sat dazzling ; under but have - the sun patience shade and the of , and to

      dazzling sea , we began to open our eyes with wonder , forget the so of deep white miseries the walls color of against the and voyage so a very black . There white -blue , close and sky , to burning for us it , hills rose seemed the extend the walls almost town Hive stood , a black mass six up ,

      hundred olive against -trees it feet . and To in the whitewashe hei ri g g ht ht , yellow and d left Moorish , brown of the and , town and French , grey , houses dotted . with Beyond , or dark of the lain of

      the hills to the leftthat is to the east , we see a part p tains the Meticlj The a , and deck beyond of , our that vessel the loft was y soon range overrun of the Little with Atlas a crowd moun of

      -Turkish swarth . y porters trousers , hand to the some knee looking and fellow scarlet s , dressed fezes on onl tneir y in shirts heads , , full all , and

      speaking many words of Arabic , some words of French , one or two words of English , _"Baggage , sare . " installed in his hotel

      on When the Place the traveller whether is it fairl is the y and Hotel comfortabl de la Kegence y or the Hotel d'Orientnothin , g can be more striking and amusing than the motley

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1860, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091860/page/21/