A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . ns from Tizi-Ouzou. This is also the case with the road approachingAlgiers. In both localities large gangs of men wereat work on surface repairs. With the help of thesteam-roller things will undoubtedly be put intobetter shape for the tourists who come after latter part of our drive was through a flatbut very fertile country. Many fme villas areseen set in the middle of carefully cultivated vine-yards, which are typical of this great wine-pro-ducing section. We arrived at the city of Algiersat three in the afternoon, a
A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . ns from Tizi-Ouzou. This is also the case with the road approachingAlgiers. In both localities large gangs of men wereat work on surface repairs. With the help of thesteam-roller things will undoubtedly be put intobetter shape for the tourists who come after latter part of our drive was through a flatbut very fertile country. Many fme villas areseen set in the middle of carefully cultivated vine-yards, which are typical of this great wine-pro-ducing section. We arrived at the city of Algiersat three in the afternoon, after a run of about sixhours, on the whole over roads of excellent sur-face. On those parts of the road, where condi-tions were not all that could be desired, repairswork was in progress. The traveler from Bougie to Algiers has thealternative of taking the road by the Col deTirourda, over an elevation of 5,400 feet. Thisroad is generally in good condition, but this timeof the year snow is encountered in quite largequantities. The distance is somewhat longer [118 1. O BOUGIE TO ALGIERS than by the other route, and follows the RiverQuedsahel until about 18 kilometers beyondTazmalt, at which point, after turning sharply tothe right, a steep ascent of the pass is begun,when, after a run of about 100 kilometers, onedrops rapidly down into the town of Tizi-Ouzou. With this days run our trip through Algeriaand Tunisia comes to an end. It was with manyfeelings of regret that Payne and I abandoned theold car and left it behind to be shipped by sea thenext day for France. ^Ye rested for several days at Algiers, taking theopportunity to see all the sights. On the 19th of January we sailed for Marseilleson board the good ship Timgacl, which j^roughtus safely to the shores of France. It took ustwenty-four hours to cross, a longer time than isusual, but a mistral caught us in the early hoursof the morning and tossed us about like a corkin the sea. After a days rest at Marseilles we set out f
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