A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . he days run. To the left, CapeCarbon stood out, with Bougie showing dimly inthe distance, nestling close to the sea. A magnifi-cent picture was presented, the cape itself some-what resembling the mighty Rock of trees, orange groves, vineyards and flowers inprofusion surrounded us on every side. Several veryfine villas were noted as we passed, and we almostbelieved ourselves to be on the other side of theMediterranean, along the Riviera sea-board. Aloud report brought us back to a realization of ourpresent posit
A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . he days run. To the left, CapeCarbon stood out, with Bougie showing dimly inthe distance, nestling close to the sea. A magnifi-cent picture was presented, the cape itself some-what resembling the mighty Rock of trees, orange groves, vineyards and flowers inprofusion surrounded us on every side. Several veryfine villas were noted as we passed, and we almostbelieved ourselves to be on the other side of theMediterranean, along the Riviera sea-board. Aloud report brought us back to a realization of ourpresent position, and we stopped the car to makethe necessary repairs to the tire. As darkness was falling we lit the headlights, andfifteen minutes later we were off again, and inhalf an hour were entering Bougie. In this little town, pleasantly situated close tothe sea, we found a very good hotel and excellententertainment. The place is clean and up to datein every respect, and the rooms are as comfort-able as one could desire. The days run had taken seven hours, during[114]. WATER CARRIERS BOUGIE TO ALGIERS which time we had covered 341 kilometers. Itwas no wonder we were tired, and when the pro-prietor of the hotel learned that we had comeright through from Biskra his surprise knew nobounds. His interest became quite marked whenwe told him that during our entire journey fromParis to Bougie, we had not only traversed 4,812kilometers, but had experienced no accidents otherthan nine punctured tires. Our day at Bougie was a very pleasant one, andwe certainly enjoyed the rest the stay afforded water front is an interesting part of the townand is very picturesque. The drive out to CapeCarbon, from a scenic point of view, is very streets of the town itself are hilly and narrow,but are kept beautifully clean, and the place isquite European in general appearance. Indeed, ofthe 10,500 inhabitants, 4,500 are Europeans. There is a railroad terminus at Bougie, but thetown does not exp
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