Africa . \ (J 1 SCares ^.IfUJKtl .?-. GHADAMMfcj^ <ff ?A -;— Afi7<?i/i. I u 12 .SamAd* £«?? ALGERIA AND London: Edmud Stanfbrd,65 Charing Croi COMMERCE OF ALGERIA. 49 Alsace and Lorraine to settle in Algeria, has been attendedwith but partial success. Here the principal work ofcolonists is to bring the land, wherever arable, under cul-tivation ; for which the French, as a rule, have shownthemselves but little suited. Their chief aim is to getpossession of the fertile tracts taken from the Arabs, inorder to grow wheat or other crops on them, getting in theharvests by means of Span
Africa . \ (J 1 SCares ^.IfUJKtl .?-. GHADAMMfcj^ <ff ?A -;— Afi7<?i/i. I u 12 .SamAd* £«?? ALGERIA AND London: Edmud Stanfbrd,65 Charing Croi COMMERCE OF ALGERIA. 49 Alsace and Lorraine to settle in Algeria, has been attendedwith but partial success. Here the principal work ofcolonists is to bring the land, wherever arable, under cul-tivation ; for which the French, as a rule, have shownthemselves but little suited. Their chief aim is to getpossession of the fertile tracts taken from the Arabs, inorder to grow wheat or other crops on them, getting in theharvests by means of Spanish day-labourers, and spendingthe proceeds on absinthe and cognac. Besides this, thechildren of Europeans—always excepting the Spaniardsand Maltese—die off in great numbers, unless sent to bebrought up in Europe, as the English in India find itnecessary to do. 2. Products and Commercial Enterprise. Still this dark picture has its reverse side in the generalactivity at present developing itself in Algeria. Every-where agricultural and commercial companies are beingformed ; some of them are engaged in obtaini
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