CHAPTER XIII

The Sacred City 207 INDEX 227

List of Illustrations

1. Mosque of Sidi Ben Ziad, Tunis—the Auction Day _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. The Penon, Algiers 4 3. An Old Street, Algiers 6 4. The Carpet School, Algiers 8 5. Mosque of Sidi Abder Rahman, Algiers 10 6. The Leopard Door, Algiers 12 7. Algiers from the Jardin d’Essai 16 8. View from Mustapha, Algiers 18 9. On my Balcony, Algiers 20 10. Bougainvillæa, Algiers 22 11. The Garden Court of an Old Moorish Villa, Algiers 24 12. Friday at the Cemetery, Algiers 26 13. Koubba of Sidi Noumann, Bouzareah 28 14. Stone Pines, Algiers 30 15. The Red Aloes 32 16. The Gates of the Desert 38 17. Spinning 42 18. The Red Village, El Kantara 46 19. On the Edge of the Desert 48 20. Carding Wool 50 21. In the heart of an Oasis 52 22. In the Market-Place, Biskra 58 23. Evening on the Sahara 60 24. Sunset 62 25. The Fruit Market, Biskra 64 26. The Story-Teller 66 27. A Village Street, Biskra 70 28. A River of the Sahara 74 29. A Biskra Woman 76 30. A Nomad Camp 78 31. A Caravan on the Sahara 80 32. The Begging Marabout 82 33. The Palm Village 84 34. A Mozabite Fantasia 86 35. Street of the Dancing Girls, Biskra 88 36. The Arch of Trajan, Timgad 96 37. The Forum, Timgad 100 38. Market Day, Timgad 102 39. Gorge of the Roumel, Constantine 108 40. A Game of Draughts 112 41. The Silent Waterfall, Hammam Meskoutine 120 42. The Arab Wedding, Hammam Meskoutine 122 43. Temple of Celestis, Dougga 132 44. Tunis 140 45. Souk des Etoffes, Tunis 144 46. Souk el Attarin, Tunis 148 47. Souk el Trouk, Tunis 150 48. Souk el Belat, Tunis 152 49. Tunis from the Belvedere 158 50. A Street of Arches, Tunis 160 51. The Zaouïa of the Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis 164 52. Souk el Hout, Tunis 166 53. Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis 168 54. Rag Fair 170 55. The Fritter Shop, Tunis 172 56. Unlading Wood 174 57. The Ancient Ports of Carthage 180 58. The Old Punic Cisterns, Carthage 182 59. The Carthage Aqueduct 184 60. The Site of Carthage from Sidi Bou Saïd 188 61. Sousse 194 62. The Basket-Makers, Sousse 196 63. The Roman Amphitheatre, El Djem 200 64. Evening, Kairouan 206 65. La Grande Rue, Kairouan 210 66. Carpet-Making 212 67. Mosque of Sidi Okba, Kairouan 214 68. Moorish Gateway, Kairouan 218 69. The Mosque of the Three Doors, Kairouan 220 70. A Desert Afterglow 224 _Map at end of Volume._

_The Illustrations in this volume have been engraved and printed in England by The Hentschel Colourtype, Limited._

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