A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . s a most interesting one. All went well until we punctured a rear tire, 44kilometers from Beja, and as the sun had madehis welcome reappearance from behind the rainclouds, we lowered the top while the necessaryrepairs were being made. The involuntary, thoughnot unwelcome stop, enabled us to take note of thecountry people passing with their wagons alongthe road. These wagons are drawn by spans offrom eight to ten mules. The people appear to bewell-to-do and prosperous, and the houses seenalong the route are clean and modern, t
A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . s a most interesting one. All went well until we punctured a rear tire, 44kilometers from Beja, and as the sun had madehis welcome reappearance from behind the rainclouds, we lowered the top while the necessaryrepairs were being made. The involuntary, thoughnot unwelcome stop, enabled us to take note of thecountry people passing with their wagons alongthe road. These wagons are drawn by spans offrom eight to ten mules. The people appear to bewell-to-do and prosperous, and the houses seenalong the route are clean and modern, thoughnothing in the nature of a village was seen alongthe whole route. Repairs having been completed, we were soonunder way again. Tabarca was reached, the firstvillage since leaving Beja. \Ye found it a quaintlittle town, clean and typically French. As wepassed through we noticed the small Hotel deFrance, and remarked its charmingly clean ap-pearance as we dashed l^y. Little did we realizeit would be our fate to be its guests before anotherhour had gone by. [82 1. CCU Q H O ag S H ENFIDAVILLE TO LA CALLE On we went along Highway No. 26, achieving aclimb of over 1,500 feet; when we suddenly sawstretching before us an exceedingly narrow roadwithout any retaining walls. On our right wereyawning precipices, and far below us a magnifi-cent view of the sea with the little island ofTabarca nestling in the still waters just a fewmiles off the town of the same name. Ten kilometers after beginning the climb themacadam surface was left behind, and almost im-passable roads, full of holes, ruts and sandystretches, were before us, and culminating in anapology for a road many inches deep in floundering along for some five kilometersfurther, we began to fear we might be stuck inthis outlandish locality where neither humanhabitation nor living creature was to be seen, andnothing but forests surrounding us. We decidedthat discretion was the better part of valor andturned back intendin
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