The trade of the world . velty for the blase traveler be-tween Gibraltar and Naples on the north side of theMediterranean, but between Tangier and Suez, onthe south, everything can be found to excite the mostjaded interest, be it of ancient or modern civiliza-tion or a remoteness which up to the present timedefies the white man to enter except at peril of hislife. Northern Africa is one of the new-old spotsof the earth now in the making of its regeneratedpolitical and economic life, and while from one endto the other it is within easy view or even reachof the casual passer-by, the repellent ha
The trade of the world . velty for the blase traveler be-tween Gibraltar and Naples on the north side of theMediterranean, but between Tangier and Suez, onthe south, everything can be found to excite the mostjaded interest, be it of ancient or modern civiliza-tion or a remoteness which up to the present timedefies the white man to enter except at peril of hislife. Northern Africa is one of the new-old spotsof the earth now in the making of its regeneratedpolitical and economic life, and while from one endto the other it is within easy view or even reachof the casual passer-by, the repellent hand of na-ture and the native are raised most effectivelyagainst the foreigner, except in places where thepowers of Europe have made travel possible, inmany cases at a cost of lives and money beyond thescope of easy estimate. To-day this continent of Africa is the most strik-ing example of non-resident landlordism in the his-tory of the world. It is a stretch of territory ap-proximately 5000 miles north and south, and the. From a photograph |.y the Delruit Co A Market-Place in Tangier.
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