. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . a small proportion of these areentirely wet days, and a considerable percentage of therain falls during the night. There is very little cold wind, and still less Mistralduring the winter. The prevailing wind bringing ram andcold blows from the , and seldom lasts more than a dayor two. Hailstorms occur at intervals, but frost and snow arealmost unknown. The desert wind (sirocco), which in the springor summer may be insufferably hot, is not at all trying even toinvalids in winter, and its duration rarely exceeds three days. 6 ALGERIA AND


. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . a small proportion of these areentirely wet days, and a considerable percentage of therain falls during the night. There is very little cold wind, and still less Mistralduring the winter. The prevailing wind bringing ram andcold blows from the , and seldom lasts more than a dayor two. Hailstorms occur at intervals, but frost and snow arealmost unknown. The desert wind (sirocco), which in the springor summer may be insufferably hot, is not at all trying even toinvalids in winter, and its duration rarely exceeds three days. 6 ALGERIA AND TUNISIA. Taken altogether, Algiers is the healthiest winter residencewithin three days of England, but visitors must not expect atropical and rainless climate—for these they must go furtherafield to, say, Cairo, Luxor, or Assouan. The climate of Algiers is warmer and more onic thanthat of Pau, Cannes, and Mentone, and in cases of phthisisand asthma, bronchitis, and other pulmonary affections, theconditions are most favourable to the / BEDOUINE. CLIMATE. < T3 < s O © o o o o o o ~ c © o © © p SO OS 00 1—1 l~ lO 1- •<* Oi in IN eo 00 05 ID CO eo •* ^1 -f -* in lO CO -t- ?* ?* -* o o O o o o o o o o o © ©* © © rH rH 00 t^ <N CC ,—1 IN cq l^ OS i-H to GO CD •<* ?* -* lO lO iC to to -+ T* m in in Oct. o O o o o © o o o © © © © © o .—i (M IN on <* OS ^H o OS CO -+! © IN t- in in lO lO to lO l^ b- lO to O to CO Ph 10 o o o o o o o o o © © © © U3 to to to to to l^ t^ to to to 5C CO * o o o o o o o o o © © © © © « 00 ?—I in <N ,-H tH CO GO cTi r~ m co to L^ l^ t- b- t- b- t- b- I- b- t^ >> •o o o o o o o o o © © © © © rj t> eo lO -* (M -H -f 1^ CO in to to CO CO 1-3 o CO to t~ b- I- b- l> CO b- b- b- l^ b- une. ^ o o o ^ o o o o © © © © © r-t OS <N o CC H Ol O-l o co CO i-H in GO H, t- in to b- b- l- b- I- 00 b- l^ b- b


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