The world: historical and actual . tance,Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunis and Tripoli. Theyall skirt along the Mediterranean on one side andthe Sahara on the other. One of them, Morocco, iswashed by the Atlantic also. They are strongly,almost wholly, Mohammedan in faith. The excep-tions are mainly Jews. Of the once-flourishingChristian churches which may almost be said tohave covered that vast region in the early period ofthe church, hardly a vestige remains. Islam sweptthem all away, and is itself secure against dislodg-ment, apparently. From Cairo to Fez, the Prophet \and the Koran have absolu
The world: historical and actual . tance,Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunis and Tripoli. Theyall skirt along the Mediterranean on one side andthe Sahara on the other. One of them, Morocco, iswashed by the Atlantic also. They are strongly,almost wholly, Mohammedan in faith. The excep-tions are mainly Jews. Of the once-flourishingChristian churches which may almost be said tohave covered that vast region in the early period ofthe church, hardly a vestige remains. Islam sweptthem all away, and is itself secure against dislodg-ment, apparently. From Cairo to Fez, the Prophet \and the Koran have absolute sway, and their influ-ence is silently extending southward. In the opin-ion of some eminent authorities Mohammedanismis sure to conquer Africa, not as in its infancy, bythe sword, but by the natural affinity between itselfand the colored race upon its native sand. In sodoing it is displacing most revolting forms andphases of idolatry, and its progress may be viewedwith satisfaction. We have no occasion here to pause over A STREET IU ALUIERS. Algeria, the most considerable colonial possession ofFrance, swarmed in the early part of this centurywith pirates, as did all that coast. To the UnitedStates is the world principally indebted for the sup-pression of Algerian piracy. The French maintainthere an army of 60,000. Morocco has a population about the same as Al-geria. It is independent, ruled by a sultan knownto his own subjects as Absolute Ruler of True Be-lievers. The dynasty boasts descent from Moham- meds great son-in-law, Ali. Fez, its capital, is agloomy town of about 100,000 inhabitants, havingthe air of being wholly subservient to the sultan andhis numerous harem. In the days of Moorish glory,and long into its decline, Fez was a splendid of its splendor there remain only mosques. Tunis has recently acquired special we write, France is trying to annex it, in effect, toAlgeria, and Tripoli .is in danger of the same Bey of Tunis is
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