. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. ^ duringthe morning, then buy our luncheon at a French res-taurant, and spend the afternoon tramping around andvisiting the shops. That will suit me, especially the shopping part;I want to buy some souvenirs, replied a third. And return hungry to the vessel in time for a gooddinner in the evening, added a fourth. Descending the ships ladder, we placed ourselves inthe care of the bronzed Arab boatmen, whose little boatshad for some time been circling around the steamer, andwere rowed to the custom house pier. Not havingluggage to be e
. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. ^ duringthe morning, then buy our luncheon at a French res-taurant, and spend the afternoon tramping around andvisiting the shops. That will suit me, especially the shopping part;I want to buy some souvenirs, replied a third. And return hungry to the vessel in time for a gooddinner in the evening, added a fourth. Descending the ships ladder, we placed ourselves inthe care of the bronzed Arab boatmen, whose little boatshad for some time been circling around the steamer, andwere rowed to the custom house pier. Not havingluggage to be examined, we fearlessly passed the red- THE CITY OF ALGIERS. 63 trousered custom officials in the building and crossed thebusy docks to the carriages in waiting. At the docks many vessels were lying, and the wharveswere filled with outgoing and incoming freight. Beyondthe docks along the front of the city is a broad avenue,. THE LITTLE MOSQUE IN GOUVERNMENT SQUARE. the Boulevard de la Republic, elevated forty or fiftyfeet above the wharves. This boulevard is supportedon the sea side by solid white stone arcaded walls,and is reached by inclined roadways or by handsomestone stairways. On the land side it is lined with 64 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT. substantial white stone buildings of uniform heightwith an arcade in front. The population of the city of Algiers, about 100,000,is composed principally of Moors, Arabs, Negroes,and other African nationalities, but with a large French, and many Hebrews, some Spanish, English,and other Continental representatives, and a few Ameri-cans. On its streets we saw faces of different colorsranging from pure white, through all the tints of brown,to the deepest black. In the Place de Gouvernment, one of the centers ofbusiness and religious life of the city, we met turbanedArabs, barefoot negroes, red-trousered soldiers, Frenchcivilians, American tourists, Hebrew traders
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