Show u p WANDERINGS IN NORTHERN AFRICA F I Islona The Tourist Mn Many E and Interesting II Excursions slona Already Arranged for Him In tho ol of Alga of or Sahara Not NOL Halt Half So Pad nd ns as It t tHas S Has Boon eon Painted 5 Mini Special m Thanks to French and en enterprise in tho way of railroad high highways ways and w mountain pane j s the traveler who lias n low fow weeks to 10 spare may mil see e much nil all ot th big ble province or ot Al lorla which Ity the tho way Is over U hundred miles long Ity I Y approximately lely halt half on broad go the th rail railway way has not yet In liVer town of or orya ya be IJ d for tor trips or r for tor mountain climbing and whore hotels urt Int native lIalo caravanserai rol afford u of that variety which Is II truly till tho Illco of ot lire life may ev lil n Journey In III com COlli comparative comfort c the R II if Il they Insist on doing the thin In till the old way though that IB III no longer Popular Iop belief bellOI stilt continues lo 10 tho an It an 11 Immense plain of ot moving with fertile dotted doW here and wore UK by lh Ih favorite ot the ra Mn a n poetical dun ho only fault tault U III lack of 0 truthfulness Th Algerian Sd lia hara hora consists of ot two Iwo known II is tho Upper and Lower Sa HIl Sahara horn hara the t j farmer u n vast depression of ot and and Ilia olny ola extending on the Mill rait us tar far na nil th frontier of ot Tunis lh ter a plateau In III Mime places i IY three thousand f tNt t stretching on n the nt west to u the of ot Morocco The Tho very worst of ot It nil all Is II as a 11 of ot roses compared to 10 the Arizona desert rt and some oilier portions of ot our great West WERI As AI to 10 till the moving nand which the Arabs liken to 10 a u net nel bad enough It happily dos daM not extend over n large e area the oases wooer Including On 01 ad Souto Je there ate nrc 1008 and farms and pardons nil all the e es of tit Sahara In ravines that cross the desert and oven In III the shift shifting ing sands where Irrigation Is I possible From time artesian Irle wells olla have hae existed d In the o s rt spreading life lite and wealth Mountain torrents ruining down through se p one and ft Irrigate the where curious dams IllIns retain and absorb the water The streams that percolate through h these dROll dams especially after the hwy rains mills of ot winter the melting of ot mountain snows il In parly summer BUmmer aro am again oh 01 orbed by the or irrigating ca Ill canal nal Wherever r a n thread of or tho precious liquid can be bl found wheat corn and alfalfa lire are cultivated to the utmost The Thc Lower Sahara hounded on tin the north by the mountain of tit Aure tho ho foothills of or occupies oC a depression sunk unk below the Jove of the tho flea nea In mil noil a part of ot which forms a sheet of water Miler than n the great lake Inke of ns 1111 everybody knows kno Is III thAn tho lien ica In summer this Sahara lake ak Is of no depth owing to 10 elI orn tion K It Is III covered with n a thick and coat C of ot crystals so dazzling In the sun that one OM ran ills cul h whore the salt ends ami the Ih water begins Its bottom Is l an alivs of i mud emitting an unpleasant odor 1 I Is III probably due dut to the JlII en enot of ot bromides crisscrossed nil all allover nilor over or l lire are veins of ot solid ground form ing natural causeways the na nil tives th traverse e In safety with their mules or Considerable tou cross the the Chott ChoU UTI s but generally they are permanent f tream only In the of ot their Ion down their dry dr up under the Ce 1 n sun lUll or are drunk by b the thirsty thirst sand or are d by II car rn es or niter filter through the upper sur surface face now flow the th clayey bottom which underlies It It In many man small deep are arf found full of ot water which fillIn i em to indicate a rub lake lak In other parts water circulates close cloRe to the th surface of the theIon Ion enclosed ca In n Bandy un In under Inder der n bed bel of or sulphate nf ot lime crystal on Its lis upper surface and on the under One On hAs only to penetrate this layer of gypsum Rp um to ere crl nto alo a well 11 When tho Arabs Arab want to 10 plant a 1 they the scrape ort off the upper crust set their palms n the beneath lIneth thus forming orchards orchard excavated like ants nests considerably below the level of ot the surrounding country The western Sahara that Morocco Is I mostly made up of or rocky ro ky th the depressions between then them feeing filled with sand lIand the higher plot raux fIU furrowed with Immense ravines without water or vegetation A more desolate region can hardly be Imagined but but It tt a not In the least IMst like the thc of 01 the school books sel seldom 10 dom fa alls II II In III the lower part and In the highlands It Is III only during or when wit unusually abundant snow ano hall melted In the th mountains that the do tiny nn Uniting In the deep del I defiles deft left a 11 thousand streamlets form torm n ml wave ave which for tor a 1 or two 10 oer the 11 lower Then the tho have ha absorbed ab It and nothing re reo hut 0 p tOw few shallow pools where drink n slight In the th y which supply caravans with water Theio Tho periodical Inundations though relied upon are not half enough to 10 supply the Benl who Mho cultivate c gardens In the beds of ot the i dominate their seven cities cille In i vain aln they treasure ure up UI every ever precious drop In reservoirs they are aN also obliged to cut deep wells In tho rock and col rol lect the he Infiltration In of ot water In the en I strata In order aNn to understand the varying characteristics of or Algeria It should hould be remembered that the country has h s two other distinct and strongly marked di dl divisions visions beside the desert of 01 Sahara They are known as 8 the Tell and he plateaux The former is a of ot undulating beautifully cultivated land IlInd like an park extending Inland I tram from the Mediterranean from fifty to a n hundred mill The High plateau extending from cast to went is III formed torm 1 by b vast ut dreary plains p by b parallel 1 ranges of ot mountain These In height ai I Ilbe they recede from Tho Tell Tel A d decrease us UI they approach the Sahara Saha thus thu f n a double erl of oC gradi gradients the highest four thousand feet ret Mountain ur Url If In hilt thue stages on their way WI to 10 the red rea cut them up Into a R i erl s of basin each of or which Is III I liy liya II IIa a small salt lake Alternation of or In Intense Intense tense cold and extreme h t hwe Instead of or only th hot blast of or the desert d blow 0 tills this Inferno Int rno There are arC no trees I ami no nit Violation tut Lut and weeds ced on which the ami 1 Mineto Milt broe which form orm till the of or the wandering Arab A till It ItI Ir I said ull to be rich In minerals and valuable marble how however h nero ever and ROO In regions Ion of or rains le alta alfa is Ia grown for tor Its III n It Jt mr my lot had to be permanently In either heaven r I II I should Infinitely prefer the honest Of course toU rt e hare not space In the columns columna of or the D r t New to toof of or half hAir Iho tho we WI hAVe Iy y made In 10 Irla nor It hundredth of within e y readi ot vt the A or nr la Jut t k which sho no n well us a th of at si 1 nry led Iud u 18 through and JIm alone the river living 1 Uy b ih noum lna gum guili v we e Journeyed d a couple roulle of miles to a mean rIb Arab village lII Ke on ant tall min rot snuggled 1101 up under undera a hill hili which it from the Ihl dread dreaded ed Id sirocco Till This Is II El 1 th once oncil c iHl home of and re reo religion ligion In tb th golden gOIn d da y of It long ago go when wilen Tl me n by wai Not a It truce of ot Its Ita former glory remains but bUill a far farther farther ther on w fit c m to 10 the d u lace of or Abou liou All IJ the r ul ultan tan IlIn NI un Is or 0 r the Kite Me as 81 Our th tilt Bulun 1111 A All I wn of ot our Ur l tb Abl H d mon on of or our Lord the Sultan Abl ton on of V Yr coob o Ilk began A D li T wid ron con l v ii but buC li litre r U II Is II in J oVer the Ihl door as 81 A J II H On l at al lh Ihl to tn the his hi nome Is II 10 written Our lUI Ix lord rd the Ab um l Has n Ab Abdull dull All MI Wa U hl abode raon an all tnt we may easily eally the traces of ot b Kar Kard d rt mid the wide lo of ot plain ft 1 mountain to be bl viewed from its Clow by is III the III horn hoin of ot 1111 he Uron s of ot Ills lII nam w Ibn Abou Median and no wonder his hll follo er shorten shortened ed It for tor everyday us Into Inlo ou Medin He Ht 1118 born lorn In nine or ten tenc c a alo to II Fo when young oun mon man he d Hm elf t b the theology and nna after t Ing nil all over Spain and lAne even In far off he h died l near noor lilt nt n ripe old age aile To the tomb la 8 the mo t f tiered cred of ot anti and therefore all vIIU h uld r m mb r the Injunction thy s from oft off thy th feet for tor th the whereon thou Is II holy ground To Q 1 sure It seems m to 10 us u n a Ilen custom en pc to them would be the removal of ot m n hats In our Iw It If rr we mutt l tho holy bol of or other should conform ni n far an ato to tf Ideas of what Is III r U It Is III not much to 10 do to flip off ones one dusty boots at al the outer door nf or the and ami one would have Vi his reward In the Increased attention paid to him by liT the guardians of HIP tit place A short hort d r n l Into nn 1111 ante antechamber chamber lined with tombs lambs to tIle the right Is 18 the entrance to the which contains two tombs that of or the saint himself and of at 1111 friend de of at Tunic The roof and walls wall retain ul all their fine old arabesque work the main feature of ot which Is III the Infinite repetition if Jt H 1 car touch containing the inscription Bl m Mulk kingdom Is nods noli The whole quaint Interior Is II crowded with banners of or brocaded Hk votive candles ostrich and the lit usual of at Arab The Tho inn Itself lt Is a 1 building bUllch a R reg regular re ular of ut the tho In the tt best stylI style of ot Moorish Art and sparkling all over oer with the most beau heau beautiful ourn a 1 mile or so 80 farther on is hardly leas Jp remarkable Its history U III worthy Us 1111 time tIer After Abou MIl had besieged four our years oare he turned his ramn Into Inlo a Ii city It and sur SUt surrounded rounded It II with high willis walls and to 11 rB of lit which a 11 large portion now remains They a It nearly perfect square of 0 no am II crOll Tim fhe historian Ibn Kaald oun say 1 It II was filled large lorr houses Imell e sumptuous palaces and l d Harden Arden If It was In III the vear 11 that the th king built Its walls walla and Iru that he Ill created e a Ii splendid city elty famous both 1 for Its 1111 vast Allt lion tion its extensive trade mid Its II man mall lve Ahe walls lie Ie Included In It II public baths botha n 1 and a 1 mosque with It lofty nUnar In a It short time lime It took look the Ih first place among the cities of 01 However Mill Man uura was evacuated when peace was 11 made four Cour years later and alto altogether gether downed for tor a quarter of ot n 1 ren tun tUt until the Iho second sel of or cen when tho capturing the tha capital built hullt a Q at lit Mansoura and prepared to enjoy f with n u few hundred of at his hi wives but bUI the misfortune of ot War nor soon oon drove droo him away and 1111 over oer since Us It empty mosques and palaces have fuu been en crumb Unit line to 10 The minaret of ot Abou IK 11 feet reet of hewn stone and by ly tar far the MOST architectural monument of at Moorish times time In Algeria Alg still remains having beun beon strengthen and IB 16 paired The Arabs of the neighbor hood say IHlY that Yakoub Y koub being In a Q hurry hurr to complete his hi minaret employed n a Jew to help his Moslem masons nut Got dill did not blew bI the h work nf of the Jew JIw and as ns fact as 01 he reared a n portion though neter so 0 carefully It II fell 1111 to It tI ground The ell walls ore areo forty lorl feet high and r t thick A li I th the towers ore are entirely without gates lall or doorways It IB III Mid tho hey wr frt u I only for tor stores ami that custodians entered them from froen the top by meana nf of ro N All around lies II a 0 rich and beautiful entirely the p l Algeria I of which on one gain gaina a notion from books Every mound hollow hollo and plain luxuriates In n t Until till nil the landscape Is I one Immense orchard Trw m are r r rr t l with Yilth flowers and nd the hillsides tapes trIM with lath or m A pathway leads ka t the chit fields to what Is II called n R a of ot c vr nu ono oft J but now flo abaN On tOIl tor of ot all Is III the of or the am lent worthy who durin one line of oC the many IMD 1 of ot cen n to curt a goat with lIh barley and nd theft hrad ad him for tr CM y camp C bea bt lp n kit II Di DiRt Rt t I and 1 awing that thaC It waa w JO Vo nU flU tully fully fed td all hoPt of at taking the th and forthwith r ck PANNIE U |