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Show Atltit.n Vicll. Il. Ilrlpil AltrrU Artenlim wells lmo wrought won dors in Algeria bluco lbSS iu tho prirt lucos of Al glers, Oiau and Constantino oer la.OOrt wells hino liccn borcil, ono tenth of them at go eminent ex-Iiense. ex-Iiense. Tlicfo wells ringo fiom 75 to 400 feet iu depth, mid tlio low prcssuro common to tho m ijorlty of them forces tho watu our the BiniiU boinl cuslng toadUtnnco of only about two feet ubou tha ground 'ilio water is rollocleil in Fiunll res en olrs, f i inn w hieh it is con e ed to vinoj anl', date pi tntntionsnnd fields of dtirra, millet nud whent which compriso tho chief ce uals of tho col ony. Aliout li.OOO.OOO neres of desert des-ert laud hn obex iircehlmeil iu this IMI-. ITnrlP lllltl llvf.tillr... nml n. cliumllon Hehcmo Algeria Ins bo-como bo-como n great wino grow ing country. Tlio total nivn under colonization or settled occupttion in Algerin in 1SS7 was CO.000,000 acres, mill of this men ocr 17,000,000 wero uiidei cultlva tion by irrigation for wlieat, Imiloy, onts, wine, olles elates, tolmcco, ote, lititorn mid Wcntcrn Roiow. |
