Africa . sort. The houses are unnumbered, nor are the streetsthemselves lit up by gas, oil, or other lights after sun-set. Yet they are considered perfectly safe from theattacks of thieves or marauders. But, being unpaved andotherwise neglected, they become almost impassable withmud and filth, especially after wet weather. When the houses are pierced with windows towardsthe street, these are always protected by gratings, the onlyexceptions being the two European hotels, some consulates,and a few other houses occupied by the Franks. Thesuburb of Jezirah is occupied by Moors exclusively. The CIT
Africa . sort. The houses are unnumbered, nor are the streetsthemselves lit up by gas, oil, or other lights after sun-set. Yet they are considered perfectly safe from theattacks of thieves or marauders. But, being unpaved andotherwise neglected, they become almost impassable withmud and filth, especially after wet weather. When the houses are pierced with windows towardsthe street, these are always protected by gratings, the onlyexceptions being the two European hotels, some consulates,and a few other houses occupied by the Franks. Thesuburb of Jezirah is occupied by Moors exclusively. The CITY OF TUNIS. 63 kasbali, or citadel, on the west of the town, in spite of therents in the walls of the great square central building,presents a somewhat imposing appearance from impression, however, vanishes when we set foot inthe interior, which offers to the eye little more than thespectacle of a vast heap of ruins, amid which the gracefulminaret alone has been preserved in a good THE BARDO NEAK TUNIS. About two miles to the north-west of Tunis is theBardo, or residence of the Bey, forming a little town initself, including palaces, guardhouses, dwellings, workshops,and bazaars, with about 2000 inhabitants. Amongstthese are not only the numerous families of the nobility,but also those of the ofticials, about 100 in number,besides the military schools, out of which nearly all thehigher government officers are taken. Tunis is connected by rail with the little port ofGoletta and with Bardo, and a French company has a 64 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TEAVEL. concession for the construction of a line westward to theAlgerian frontier and to Bona. Though Tunis is the political centre and seat ofgovernment, the city of Kairwan, which lies in a barrenplain near the inland lake Sidi-el-Heni, about seventy-fivemiles due south of Tunis, is the religious capital of theregency, and is one of the sacred cities of Islam, possess-ing one of the finest mosques in northern
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