. The science of railways . RRIAGE /iV ALGERIA. 233 The history of Algeria for the last twenty-fivehundred years is well known. Yet, notwith-standing this long period and the close proximityof the country to the high civilization of Europe,it still retains largely the customs of the earlierhistorical period. Algeria affords a fine field forstudying the genesis of transportation and thehabits of primitive people. Its mixed populationof Berbers, Numidians, Saracens, Jews, Caucas-ians and Negroes presents a varied and indescrib-able panorama of the human race hardly to befound in any other quarte
. The science of railways . RRIAGE /iV ALGERIA. 233 The history of Algeria for the last twenty-fivehundred years is well known. Yet, notwith-standing this long period and the close proximityof the country to the high civilization of Europe,it still retains largely the customs of the earlierhistorical period. Algeria affords a fine field forstudying the genesis of transportation and thehabits of primitive people. Its mixed populationof Berbers, Numidians, Saracens, Jews, Caucas-ians and Negroes presents a varied and indescrib-able panorama of the human race hardly to befound in any other quarter of the world. Algeriais a French colony in the north of Africa border-dering on the Mediterranean sea, having an esti-mated area of about one hundred eighty-four anda half thousand square miles, and a population ofabout four millions. The native inhabitants arenon-nomadic and, in the main, active construction of railroads is encour-aged, both for military and commercial reasons. 234 CARRIAGE IN Trader en route to the Soudan. This interesting country lies immediatelysouth of the Great Desert and extends quite across the continent. CARRIAGE IK ALGERIA. 235
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