Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-08

North Africa IS extracted lToiu d iSt
 ter of wound lady 10 her parents 1T
 this city:
 CONSTANTINE, Africa, December 10.
 This is absolutely the first moment
 1 have found to write you since leav-
 ing Algiers, and now l hardly know
 how to begin; oh. so much l have
 seen and done. can't begin to ex-
 press. We left one week ago to-d day
 in carriage drawn by three horses
 party of four, with courier and driv-
 CT, armed to the teeth '-all Ot us
 with guns, pistols and daggers, for we
 drove for six days through the Ber0er
 and kabyle countries, right among
 the Atlas mountains, amid Arabs and
 wild beasts. can't begin to write
 you of all our dangers and difficulties 1;
 how we slept in adobe houses on the
 dirt floor, five in room, in Arab
 huts, in military encampments; how
 we saw Arabs and kabyles, Mussul-
 mans and Frenchmen; how we found
 ourselves with night coming on in
 profound ravines, in the haunts of real
 lions, leopards. Jackals and pantheIs;
 how the men shot game from the car
 riage; how grand the scenery was,
 sometimes a Sahara itself, veritable desert, and then bright green spot,
 an oasis. Oh, it was such novel ex-
 perience. We rode camels and dOn-
 keys, ate Barbary dates, mandarines and figs, and roughed it in the most pronounced way, One day to-
 wards twilight our horses scented wild
 beasts and refused to go, and when finally lashed into it ran for miles and miles on the edge of precIpices, Sc that we held our breaths in an.lclpa- ton of being thrown over. It was very thrilling; but all in lifetime. and for once my love of adventure IS gratified One eve we drove in half darkness over solitary expanse t0 aii inn, where we anticipated finding & nights lodging When there too late we discovered a hOvel surpaSSing in filth and discomfort the worst station in the worst days of Arizona staging. Well dispaIr seized us, for we were famished with hunger, cold and la tigue; when on a hill near by we discovered lonely fort, the '' Bord de Benl MausOur, aS It IS called, and up to it found the entrance guarded by African soldiers in bur nooses and scarlet trOwsers. We asked to see the officers, and three Frenchmen came out, proving 10 be the com Monsieur Abel HonOre; tbe Adjutant, Arman Aubert, handsome in clanking spurs and high-tOpped boots, and young doctor, who spoke a wee but of English we'll We asked them for shelter. Mesdames, they said. with the true French shrug, " we have only four bare walls, but they are at your service.' So we en- tered. and they gave up their poor little apartment tO us, cOmfortless and forlorn. They sent Arabs tO SCOUT the country for provisions for Us, and did all they could to make us content. It was really pathetic to see the shifts they made, always laughing, merry and joking each other, with real wit To be sure, our repast was served by a soldier in his shirt-sleeves, on broken crockery, and with three Dronged forks; 10 be sure we had but one kind of meat, served m different styles to make the adequate number of courses dear to foreigners heart true the coffee was guiltless of milk, .he bread of butter. the fruit sour and Inc cake stale; but SO bright, SO cour- .eOus, so truly gentlemanly were they lll, that hardly ever enjoyed a meal 70 much, and as they all say had he advantage, for none could speak French of our party but myself-and you can be sure 1 sputtered my few with all the tiuency l could. Then we sat in their funny salon. and
 hey sang and played on guitar and horn for us, and we forgot how the hours flew. Next morning they walked with us long way, and We parted with real regret. Oh the country is SO strange, so desolate
 ust like stories of all we have read. The Arabs are SO dirty and queer, in
 heir robes which are made of ma erial resembling sacking, with hoods )n their heads, and long sweeping garments. But 1 will reserve all ac- counts for the winter evenings around he fiEeslde.
 Yesterday we reached Ietif, the end ,f our wagoning and beginning of the 1 was almost sorry, in spite ,f the discOmforts left behind. We .rriyed here last evening, and this is )ne of the most beautifully situated owns Tn the world q assert it on
 ' Murray's suthority), right on the
 Op of a towering rock, at the foot of which IS profound chasm, and il was so impregnable that it took the French months of fierce fighting to capture it. The foliage is tropical palms pOmegranates, etc; the streets larrOw and winding, often just flights of ,teps, with the houses meeting over head and everywhere Arabs, sheiks n cOlOred silk robes, trousers, tur- pans and pointed slippers; women except their eyes. Many travellers tell me it is exactly like Turkey, even to the open booths lin ng the streets, where rugs, iauberui md burnooSes are exposed for sale, md the vendors sit on counters with .rOssed legs drinking coffee ana smok- ng narghile. Oh there are SO many things that l would like 10 ake back to America with ne, but ;au only try and remember all to tell fou. This trip l would not exchange for anything have ever seen. for il is luite something tO travel six days in , carriage through the wilds of Africa, md all the party have been SO amiable md kind. 4 l will write again when we reach Tunis. Such beauti- ful pipes, skins and Arabian horses. and-well, everything is beautiful and funny, and beyond my power of de- The Zouaves, mounted on steeds, are pictures, l can assure you. They make me think of the little tin painted soldiers We had in childhood. The markets are strange places where they sel! all kinds of fruits and meats. Then there are camel marts and markets for horses and donkeys. I forgot 10 tell you that when, one day. we were aI- most on the borders of the desert. we saw several caravans of Arab. and camels coming in, the latter not hay mo had Wafpr for ai yhf davs and k.u