A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . s and its charm-ingly quaint by-ways. It possessed a dignity anda grace not to be seen in any other Europeancity of its size. All this is a thing of the pastnow. As for the new town, it is laid out in long,straight avenues, and resembles strongly one ofour growing western cities. Some of the streetsare being paved, others are only just being openedup. All are lined by one-story modern structuresand occasionally large stone blocks are being usedas shelters. As each building requires the samedepth for a foundation as its height
A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . s and its charm-ingly quaint by-ways. It possessed a dignity anda grace not to be seen in any other Europeancity of its size. All this is a thing of the pastnow. As for the new town, it is laid out in long,straight avenues, and resembles strongly one ofour growing western cities. Some of the streetsare being paved, others are only just being openedup. All are lined by one-story modern structuresand occasionally large stone blocks are being usedas shelters. As each building requires the samedepth for a foundation as its height, all are builtof one-story only. Over half the city has now been rebuilt with thehelp of funds donated by various nations. Thehouses are leased by the municipality to the in-habitants who pay two or three lires per monthfor rent. These are becoming so overcrowdedthat the people are continually suffering andfevers are very prevalent. The drainage systemalso is very bad. Despite these disadvantages,however, the population of the city is largely onthe increase. [34]. NAPLES TO PALERMO Our Hoodoo, who, prior to our departurefrom Naples, had probably failed to discover ourwhereabouts, now joined our party. The car,which we were expecting by the mornings steamer,failed to turn up. Of course, we were not awareof the fact that the mechanic, because of theholiday, had been unable to get it on the waited, therefore, with what patience wecould for the next boat, which was due the fol-lowing morning. As we had received no dispatchrelative to the cars shipment, we decided that itwould surely arrive within twenty-four hours. Upon our return to the hotel we learned that atremendous earthquake had occurred the d^ybefore our arrival, which had toppled down manyof the old structures, and so frightening the in-habitants that a panic had occurred in severalparts of the town. This quake has ])een recordedas the worst since the disastrous shock of report frightened my traveling com
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