The Republican journal., 1901-08-15
TRAVELLING IN TuN1s.

rr.rNIA. July ?, 1901. Getting about
.s.ner of Africa is neither so easy
". pleasant as in the adjoining prov
~ ot Algeria, and however much the
.,.er If the picturesque may deride
ssn Improvements, he doubly APP
.,,a+4, them where they are absent.
\ .aa here. we must see something of
~ ~. .,.ealed Regency, though in weari-
~ a, the flesh we are often inclined
hak that the game is hardly worth
,gudle. Points of interest in the
,.liate vicinity of the capital are
~ ,rus If ancient Carthage, part of
al. date back eight hundred and fifty
Years before the birth of Christ;
,,ra5lls gold mines of Bon Hadma;
r7.1ey Of Tulah; Ell Guettar; with
.-ruce subterranean waters; the
4, summit of Djebel-Arbet; and the
r.r l-,y Of Zaghouan, where Father
seems to have been standing still
.s,s centuries. Roman remains"
..-a3-est interest to the antiquarian,
catered everywhere, common as
Sherry brambles in the country
New England. Numberless
-r..a-, Of more or less length, may
a4+ oa horseback, but they should
dertAken only by people in ex-
,.r- health. who are nerve and skin
..n tcanst all the singing things
5- s.rer and fly. and who can rough
/. IA ANY extent, even to dining on
s,d sUi -0ing without water like a
.rs Horses and mules may always
.r45 at the average price of four
ar,, DAY. and local guides will be
.naj ly the Kaids of the various
F.rr4,. \ kaid, by the way, CORE
,oa. TO the rural Alcalde of Spanish
,nqrca. of the village mayor of the
rr45 states. He is like the little girl
5Mai the little curl that hung straight
sra 40 her forehead, and when he is
,py good indeed" is a perfect god
|a5 10 wanderers in these benighted
rm.. Letters of introduction are
un2i.e in all foreign countries, and
Taale are absolutely indispensable.
37rrmattly. they are easily obtained,
3mlgl the various consulateS, on ones
AaS}ot alone. If you intend to see
3gH.aE Of this Regency outside the
k 9t IS capital, be sure to provide
Agsgr with letters from Your consul
Tllis TO every kaid whose district
intend to invade. 1t often happens
4fsome smart Aleck" of an Anglo
H. omes along who insists, in his
i eonceit, in making explorations
3tmt a Guide. There is no law to re-
a. m, the fool-killer having gone
H. ua-. ness. When the unescorted
MneS to grief in the highways
u Nny, of northern Africans he is
g do, III one way or another,
boz tck of food or proving Bedou-
tug lost his way in the track
s---r-the fault is entirely his
dough international compiled
lazy result. At the best, accom-
IN his far corner of the earth
nr crudest description. AS a
-ng better is procurable out
tiles than the Arab gourbi:
l0ut a guide the foreigner gen
tails Of even that poor shelter.
n ae railway meandering in appar-
eSs fashion around the coasts
n inns and sending out several short
sat INIT as it is about the most
euulable affair the ingenuity of
his invented, slower than foot
r. u0 after the manner of rail
" -luously avoiding all the inter
- pa.es-my advice to you is to let
~FgeI} alone, except perhaps as a
-e resort. In the city of TuniS cabs
ld tor about franc and a half
Nal within the walls, and double
Mgp heyond them: while in some
ltN districts two-horse carriages
hired at the average rate of
5'l francs day.
AdHaily, the objects that interest
4@J are not the musty relics of by
dgeS, but the denizens of to-day,
homes and the TO u.s. queer ways
Wig Dirty, stupid and cruel as they
lle never tires of the always pic
Nle arabs, who are numerically
most important class of the native
Nation, Early in the 18th century
e people Of Arabia took possession
oes, part of Tunis, driving the
sla inhabitants (the Berbers) tC
mountain Businesses. To this day
Aie Of all changes in the politica
aiss Of the country, they retain the
IDEAS and nomadic life of the
primitive times, and have ad
IT, but step or two beyond bar
sa They are still divided into
Ed few of ancient origin, Others
''Ie recent date, and some merely
@Fegation of groups, made by thu
-l Tor the convenience of the Blu
lTabe. Each tribe is commanded
Aald, whose duty it is to carry
'e rider of the French authori
Attest criminals and get his pay
~' certain percentage of the taxes