Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-22
STILL IN AFRICA.
T,cson Tourist Finds Herself in Sunny Tunis-Quaint Costumes ana oriental Justiee-A Jewish Wed ding Snake Charmers - konnes Ruried HivaI-Oh for Italy.

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 TUS1s, Africa, December.-l wrote you last from Constantine in haste, as usual. Now I claim few moments from my African Researches, to per you a brief letles from here. We assume our outdoor costumes, hat and all. before our morning coffee, stat out, pause at eleven for dinner spend the afternoon sightseeing dine still in our hats, which we only dis card when we retire. Oh. such a va riety of fun as we havel All are jolly and good.natlred, and NIT. McE' manages splendidIy for us. Imagine him travelling through Africa with four ladies in chargel Pretty brave, is it no,2
 To- morrow we start at eve for Italy, where we arrlye Monday. We shall regret greatly to bid adieu to Tunis, for it is q wonderfully facinating place. as you can imagine. We have visited beautifully decorated Moorish naIsces. where all the walls were col pred tiles, and the ceiling done in Ara besoue; and one room we saw in the Bey's palace is handsomer than any thing in the Alhambra. We have been ia the prison and in the Govern or's Court of Justice, where he po- li,ely invited Us to be seated on dI- vans. and tried cases before us. Old turbaned Turks and plain home-like women-of the latter of whose faces you could see nothing but the eyes brought their little differences to the mystic old man, who settled their af- fairs and them with wave of his hand. We have spent hours in the oazars, and have been enticed into buying some beautiful things as souvenirs oI oriental work, We have strolled amid the realizaIions Of way-back dim dreams. We have such fun buying. The old Turk asks us more than double the prIce for anything; 80 we all se- feet what We want, and offer so much for the lot, and alter hagglIng for d while he takes 1t with jolly laugh, inviting us all to take coffee with him and sPutter our few words of Arabic. This morn ing we called on the American Consul and his daughter, and went 10 Jew Ish wedding, through narrow crooked streets, into house where thIrty-sIX families live, hustl, q up stairs into au inner court. and then into tiny room was the wedding party. The bride was dressed in white satin, trimmed wIlh gold embroidery, hltiDg close then satin shirts and jackets; painted gilt horn on her head, from which hung rich scarls; her cheeks were ruuged, her lips and eyes blacked, her trOWs darkeDed and con- meet, across the nose, and on her forehead cabalisiic sign made in black. Her nails and fingers were reddened with benn2, and around her neck, arms, across her forehead and all about her were hung jewels, dls- monds, gold, peTtumed beads and charms-Olten the open hand that Is supposed tO keep away evil. All the other women were dressed the same, but in such gorgeous colOrS, and the men loo, that one felt aS fl let loose in tulip patch. In the center was d table on winch burned an enormous candle, and they gave Us olives and aniselie 10 drunk, and Taw eggsl Fu several days these festivities last. The musicIaus sat in one corner making d most horrible din on drums (which they beat with their fingers, tambOur- ines and violins. Then one danced with lhe most peculiar swaying motion imaginable. Oh, 1t was strange! and the bride kissed us all adIeH. Then we went to see the snake chgrmers, Nublaus, who played queer reed in- struments, chanjed weird music like dirges, and danced, sw nging their long hair about, and compelling the snakes (large cnes, to0J to obey their every motion and word. And now we have withdrawn reluctantly from the street, where every inch Is p,cluTe, patiently waiting to dine. NotwiIh- standing our fatigue, we are all quite lively, for here also we iiud tue wicked flee" Yesterday we took a carriage and drove eIght miles along he seashore 10 where the rival Of the Eternal City, sat majestic on her green hills, and really, it was an inn pressive comment ou the littleness of human greatness 10 see here, where the naughty city extended for twelve miles along the border of the blue bay, only few broken columns and ruined walls There are the cisterns, sixteen III number, once supplying the entire city with water, and the iOun- dation of DidO's Palace and the Tem- ples or Esculnpius and Venus. We sat and dug among the ruins and uu- earthed some coins, pieces of marble and mOsaics. Once BeLlah and l thought we had a statue, and go we dug wildly for some moments, finally disclosing broken-necked water bottle In place of the Venus we had hoped for. Poor Dido! 1 could imagine her walking frantically up and down. as she saw the iailhleSs Eneas sailing away. But l forgot they try to tell us he is a myth. Re- tuning, we saw camels browsing and hamiugoes standing in the changing water against the long, low line Of tropic s.ly.n Tomorrow we go out to the Bey's palace and harem; then 10 pack up and off, to write you next from sunny Italy.
 Still fha King.