St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-01

make the land and hug it till she got TO
La Goulette.
During the Sd of November and the fol.
lowing night the size Of the waves increased
considerably. 1t takes but little wind to
raise the Syrtic sea, and through it flow the
most caprici0us currents in the Mediter-
ranean. In the morning at 8 o'clock land
was sighted at Cape Dimias, and under the
shelter of the high shore the progress be-
came rapid and easy.
The FerratO ran along two miles away
from the shore. Beyond the Gulf OF Ham
mamet, in the latitude of Kelibia, there lies
the little creek Of Sidi Yussuf, sheltered on
the north by long ridge Of .ocks. Round
the curve is magnificent sa .dy beach with
a background of low hill, covered with
stunted bushes that grow in a soil far richer
in stones than in vegetable mould. This
range of hills on to the ''djebels," which
form the mountains in the interior. Here
and there, like white spots in the distant
verdure, are few abandoned marabOutS.
In front is small ruined fort, and higher
up there is one in better repair built on the
hill that shuts in the creek towards the
north.
The place was not deserted. Close to the
rocks were several Levantine vessels,
or six fathoms; but such was the trans
parency of the green water that the black
rocks and streaked sand beneath them on
which the anchors lay, and to which re-
fraction gave the most fantastic forms,
could be plainly seen.
Along the beach at the foot of the small
sand hills with their lentisks and tama-
rims, a ''donar," composed of some twenty
huts, displayed it's yellow-strped roofs, and
looked like a large Arab mantle thrown in
heap on the shore. Outside the folds of
the mantle we're few sheep and goats,
seeming at a distance like large black
crows, that a gun-shot would frighten into
noisy flight A dozen camels, some stretched
on the sand, Others motionless as if turned
to stone, ruminated near narrow strip of
rock that served as landing stage.
AS the Ferrato steamed past Sidi Yus-
suf, the doctor noticed that arms, ammuni-
ton and few field pieces were being
taken ashore, and owing to its remote posi-
ton on the confines of Tunis, the creek is
well fitted for such contraband trade. Luigi
pointed out to the doctor what was going on.
''Yes, Luigi" he said, land if l am not
mistaken, the Arabs are the destined OWL
ers of those weapons. If they are, they are
for the use of the mountaineers against the
French troops, who have been landing at
Tunis? I do not think so. somehow l
think they must be for the Senvinists on
land and water pirates now gathering in the
Cyrenaic? [ fancy those Arabs are more of
those in the interior than in the TuniSian
province!
But" asked Luigi, why do not the au-
thorities of the regency OF the French au-
thorities stop that landing Of arms and am
munition?"
cat Tunis they hardly know what passes
on the other side of Cape Bon, and when
the French become masters of Tunisia ii
will take them a long time to reduce the
coast to the east of the djebels into order
At any rate, that landing looks very sus-
picious, and if it were not that the speed OF
the Ferrato prevents their making an at
tempt, l expect that fiotilla would have
come out to attack us.
If the Arabs had any notion of doing so,
there was nothing to fear from them. In
less than half an hour the yacht had passed
Sid Yussuf. Then, having reached the eS-
tremity OF Cape Bon, standing out so boldly
from the Tunisian range, she swiftly
steamed by the lighthouse at its point with
the superbly rugged pile of rocks at it's base.
The Ferrato then at full speed shot across
the Gulf of TuniS between Cape Bon and
Cape Carthage. On the left runs the series Of
escarpments of the ''djebels." Bon Karnin,
Rossas and Zaghouan, with few villages
half hidden in their gorges. On the right
in all the splendor of the Arab Kasbah, il
the full glare of the sun, shone the sacred
city of Sibi-Bou-Jaid. which was perhaps
one of the suburbs of the ancient Carthage.
In the background Tunis lay. as mass OF
white not far from Lake Bahira, little be-
hind the arm with which La Goulette well
comes its visitors from Europe. Two OF
three miles from the port lay squadron OF
French vessels; then, more in the offing, a
few merchant ships were riding at anchor,
and with their futtering flags gave life to
the roadstead.
In an hour the Ferrato had dropped an
Choir at about three cable-lengths from the
harbor. AS soon as the necessary formal
ties were complied with pratique was given
to her passengers, the doctor, Pierre, LUG
and his sister took their places in the gig,
which Immediately took them ashore.
After rounding the mole she glided into
that narrow canal crowded with vessels
ranged along both wharves, and reached
the irregular square planted with trees, and
bordered with villas, shops and cafes,
swarming with Maltese, Jews, Arabs: and
French and native soldiers, into which runs
the main street of La Goulette.
Borik's letter was dated from Carthage,
and the name, with few ruins scattered Oh
the ground, is about all that remains OF the
old city of Hannibal.
Toreach the shore at Carthage there is nc
need to take the italian railway that runs
between La Goulette and Tnnis, skirting the
Lake of Bahira. The hard, fine sand affords
excellent walking, or the dirty road across
the plain little behind it gives easy access
to the base of the hill which bears the chapel
of Saint Louis and the convent OF the AL
gerian missionaries.
At the time the doctor and his companions
landed, several carriages, drawn by pigmy
horses, were waiting in the square. To hal
one and order it to drive rapidly to Carthage
was the work of a minute. The carriage,
after traversing the main road Of La Gou
lette at trot, passed by the sumptuous
villas that the rich Tunislans inhabit during
the hot season, and the places OF KerediI
and Mustapha that rise on the shore. close
to the outskirts of the Carthagenian city.
Two thousand years ago the rival OF Rome
covered the whole extent between the point
of La Goulette and the cape that still bears
its name.
The chapel of Saint Louis is built on a
knoll about two hundred feet high, on which
the King of France died in 1910. 1t occupies
the middle of small enclosure containing
many more antique fragments OF archltec
turs and broken statuary, vases columns,
capitals, and stet8 than trees or shrubs
Behind it is the missionary convent, OF which
Pere Delathe, the arch9OlOgiSt, is now the
prior. The top of this enclosure commands
the stretch of sand from Cape Carthage VI
to the first houses Of La Goulette.
At the foot of the hill are few palace;
OF Arab construction, with piers in English
style, which run out into the sea for the YES
sells of the roadstead to land at. Beyond is
the superb gulf of which every promontory,
point and mountain has historic interest.