. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . ral and the harbour,is planted with trees and flowers, on each side of which arethe finesl shopsand public buildings,the theatre, hotels, banks,etc. The bronze statue of Thiers by A. Mercie is at thesouthern extremity, and at the opposite end is the modernCathedral of St. Augustine, a conspicuous monument inthe Byzantine style of architecture with an imposing facade. DISTRICTS EAST OF ALGIEKS. >1 The mosques are none of them of any considerable importanceThe Great Mosque occupies one side of the Place Mosque Djama-El-Bey with an e
. Cook's practical guide to Algeria and Tunisia . ral and the harbour,is planted with trees and flowers, on each side of which arethe finesl shopsand public buildings,the theatre, hotels, banks,etc. The bronze statue of Thiers by A. Mercie is at thesouthern extremity, and at the opposite end is the modernCathedral of St. Augustine, a conspicuous monument inthe Byzantine style of architecture with an imposing facade. DISTRICTS EAST OF ALGIEKS. >1 The mosques are none of them of any considerable importanceThe Great Mosque occupies one side of the Place Mosque Djama-El-Bey with an elegant exterior was builtwith materials taken from the ruins at Hippone. The Arabtown has been entirely destroyed. There are barracks for 3,000 men, a military hospital with600 beds, and a civil hospital for 320 patients. From Bone there is a railway line in communication with Constan-tine, the journey occupying,seven hours. Steam Tramway to La Calle(see p. 284). Bone is in constant steamer communication with Marseilles, Algiers,Tunis, Oram Mosque in Bone. From Marseilles by the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique,Tuesday. 5 direct ; Saturday, noun, via Philippeville. By the Compagnie de Navigation Mixte (Touache), Thursday, Philippeville. By the Societd de Transports Maritimes a Vapeur,Monday or Tuesday. 6 direct. To Marseilles, Thursday. 6 . vid Philippeville. Cic- Trans-atlantique. Tuesday, 11 direct. V[r- Transatlantique. Sunday, noon, vid Philippeville. Ce- de Navigation Mixte(Touache). Thursday, noon, direct. Soc. de Transports Maritimes. Passengers land and embark on the quay. 282 ALGERIA AND TUNISIA. Quite a number of charming excursions can be made fromBone, but the nearest and most interesting is to the site ofthe ruined city of Hippone (about 2 kilometres, south) whereSt. Augustine lived and died. In the third and fourth centuries Hippone vied withCarthage in being the most prosperous city of Roman town was ruthlessly d
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