Part 49

Lovers of art will find Tunisia a most attractive country. As in Algeria and Morocco, so here also the megalithic monuments (dolmens, basinas, etc.), built of huge blocks of stone, are the chief memorials of the Libyan (or ancient Berber) culture. The Punic art of Tunisia, at first under Assyrian, Egyptian, and Greek influence, but exclusively Greek after the first campaigns in Sicily, has become better known of late, especially since the rich yield of the rock-tombs of Carthage. Apart from the tomb at Dougga (p. 355), as little of Punic architecture remains as in Algeria. On the other hand no other country can boast of such a profusion of Roman ruins (called by the Mohammedans Henshir) as Tunisia.

The early Moorish art of Tunisia, as in the whole of the Maghreb, betrays the influence of Andalusian masters, but most of the buildings are no earlier than the Turkish period. Contrary to their Algerian methods the French have preserved the Oriental character of the country, so that the seaports of the E. coast, Kairwan, and the oasis villages still contain fine Moorish buildings.

Travellers may explore any part of the country in safety and without escort, but they should not enter Mohammedan burial-grounds or shrines (comp. p. xxv). The only mosques and zaouïas open to Christians (but not to Jews) are those of Le Kef, Kairwan, Gafsa, and Tozeur.

The means of communication are similar to those in Algeria (comp. p. 173). The network of RAILWAYS, mostly belonging to the company of the Chemins de Fer de Bône-Guelma (p. 173), extends to central Tunisia only. Between Susa and Sfax (until the opening of the new railway) and between Sfax or Graïba and Gabes the motor-omnibus or the diligence (p. 173) is at present the only conveyance. The shotts are visited by carriage from Metlaoui, or, if preferred, from Gabes. A visit to S.E. Tunisia (Monts des Ksour, Gightis, Djerba) is usually paid from Gabes, where introductions had better be obtained from the authorities of the Territoire Militaire. Susa, Sfax, Gabes, and Djerba are also steamboat-stations (comp. R. 64). In Tunisia mid-European time (1 hr. ahead of Greenwich time), which is observed also on the Italian steamers, has recently been introduced.

First-class HOTELS are to be found in Tunis only. Those in country places are similar to the Algerian (p. 174), but still plainer and less up to date, apart from a few creditable exceptions. In the steppe and on the Sahara one must often have recourse to the fortified caravanserai or to the hospitality of the local authorities.

The POST OFFICE of the regency of Tunis has its own stamps (letter-postage within Tunisia or to France 10, to Italy 20 c. etc.; post-cards 5 c.). A passport visé by the consul must be shown in order to obtain delivery of registered letters.

The COINAGE, since the introduction of the gold standard (1891), has been French, with Arabic and French inscriptions. The gold coins are of 10 and 20 francs, the silver of ½, 1, and 2 francs, the copper of 5 and 10 centimes. Italian, Swiss, Belgian, and Greek silver coins (except 5 fr. pieces) and copper coins are rejected. English or American money should be exchanged for banknotes of the Banque de France or the Banque de l’Algérie (p. 174), or for gold of the Latin monetary union.

BOOKS (comp. also pp. xii, 175). _Douglas Sladen_, Carthage and Tunis (2 vols., London, 1906; illus.); _Frances E. Nesbitt_, Algeria and Tunis (London, 1906; illus.); _G. Petrie_, Tunis, Kairouan, and Carthage (New York, 1909; $4.80); _A. M. Broadley’s_ ‘Tunis, Past and Present’ (London, 1882) gives an interesting account of the French conquest of Tunisia. Of French books may be mentioned La Tunisie (Législation, Gouvernement, Administration) by _D. Gaudiani et P. Thiaucourt_ (Paris, 1910; 12½ fr.); _H. Lorin_, L’Afrique du Nord (Paris, 1908); _J. Toutain_, Les Cités Romaines de la Tunisie (Paris, 1896; 12½ fr.); _R. Cagnat et H. Saladin_, Voyage en Tunisie (Paris, 1887); _R. Cagnat_, L’Armée Romaine d’Afrique (Paris, 1892; 40 fr.); _Charles Diehl_, L’Afrique Byzantine (Paris, 1896; 20 fr.); _H. Saladin_, Tunis et Kairouan (Paris, 1908; 4 fr.). Carthage is the scene of _Gust. Flaubert’s_ historical novel Salammbô.

MAPS of the Service Géographique de l’Armée (comp. p. 175): sheets on the scale of 1 : 50,000, each 1½ fr.; on the scale of 1 : 100,000, each 1 fr. 20 c.; and on the scale of 1 : 200,000, each 70 c.—A general survey is afforded by the Carte des Routes et des Chemins de Fer de la Tunisie, 1 : 500,000 (Tunis, 1908). See also Map, p. 319.

51. From (_Constantine, Bona_) Souk-Ahras to Tunis.

RAILWAY from Souk-Ahras to Tunis, 154 M., direct train with dining-car between Ghardimaou and Tunis (déj. 4, D. 4½ fr.) in 7 hrs. (27 fr. 80, 20 fr. 85, 14 fr. 90 c.; from Constantine to Tunis 14¼ hrs.); also ordinary train in 11¼ hrs. on Mon., Wed., & Frid.—Custom-house examination at Ghardimaou, strict as to tobacco and cigars, which are a government monopoly in Tunisia. All luggage not accompanied by the owner will be detained at the custom-house.

MOTORISTS from Bona (p. 309) to Tunis must go viâ La Calle (p. 131), Tabarca (p. 327), and Béja (p. 328).

From Constantine to (134 M.) _Souk-Ahras_, see RR. 48, 49.—The line from Souk-Ahras to Tunis, opened in 1879 (before the establishment of the French protectorate), crosses the Tebessa line (R. 50) and then descends to the S. into the _Medjerda Valley_ (pp. 313, 320), called by the Carthaginians _Makar_, and by the Romans _Bagradas_, the most fertile and most important in Tunisia.

Beyond (5½ M.) _Tarja_ (1611 ft.) the valley forms a short ravine. 10½ M. _Sidi-Bader_, in a meadowy dale, the future junction of the line from Bona to the mines on Jebel Ouenza (p. 314).

The train traverses a lonely mountain-region to (20½ M.) _Oued-Mougras_ (1171 ft.), a finely situated village, and then runs through a narrow valley in the frontier-hills, with dense underwood, to (30½ M.) _Sidi el-Hemessi_ (853 ft.), the last Algerian village.

37 M. =Ghardimaou= (673 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; Hôt. du Commerce; Algerian and Tunisian frontier, see above), a colonists’ village (Tues. market) at the entrance to the _Regba_, the upper plain of the Medjerda, which is fertile only in rainy seasons.

About 7 M. to the N. of Ghardimaou, beyond the _Oued Raraï_, lies _Henchir Sidi Ali Bel-Kassem_, on a hill between the _Oued el-Hammam_ and the _Oued Henja_. This was the Roman town =Thuburnica=, among the ruins of which are the cellæ of two temples and a Byzantine fortress.

45 M. _Oued-Meliz_ (584 ft.; Mon. corn-market), a village a little above the Oued Raraï (p. 325) and the mouth of the _Oued Meliz_.

Oued-Meliz is the station for the village of _Chemtou_ (590 ft.), 2 M. to the N.E., at the influx of the _Oued Melah_ into the Medjerda, the =Simitthu= of the Carthaginian and Roman periods. Its once famous quarries of yellowish red ‘Numidian’ marble are now abandoned. Among the ruins are a Roman bridge across the Medjerda, where the old road to Le Kef diverges (p. 360); also remains of the forum (44 by 27 yds.), of thermæ, cisterns, and an aqueduct; an interesting Roman wall on the bank of the Melah; the fairly preserved *Theatre; and, near the ancient Tabarca road, the burial-ground with its numerous tombstones. On the slope of the town-hill (830 ft.), which is crowned with a small Byzantine fortress, lies the so-called Temple des Boucliers, of the Punic and Roman periods.

50 M. _Sidi-Meskine_, at the mouth of the Regba, between _Jebel el-Herrech_ (2277 ft.) on the left and _Jebel Bou-Rebbah_ (2431 ft.) on the right. The train now enters the _Dakla_, the central plain of the Medjerda, about 25 M. long, partly swampy in winter and malarious and extremely hot in summer, which from ancient times till now has been the chief granary of Tunisia.

57½ M. =Souk el-Arba= (470 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; Hôt. du Commerce; Hôt. de France; pop. 1500), a thriving village of immigrant farmers, partly built with materials from Bulla Regia, and named after its Wednesday (‘fourth day’) corn-market, the most important in N. Tunisia next to those of Béja and Mateur. Road to _Le Kef_ (p. 360) viâ the small village of _Nebeur_, the terminus of the railway from Béja (p. 328), with important iron-ore mines.

From Souk el-Arba a field-road leads to the N., in the direction of the conduit, somewhat apart from the Tabarca road, to (4½ M.) =Bulla Regia=, the prosperous ancient capital of the Dakla in the Carthaginian period, and in 203 the scene of Scipio’s victory over Hasdrubal and Syphax. The village lies on a terrace on the S. slope of _Jebel Rebia_ (2123 ft.) and owes its modern name _Hammam-Darradji_ to its spring. Among the interesting Roman ruins are the large *_Thermae_; a *_Nymphaeum_, or fountain; a _Temple of Apollo_, an open court with three cellæ in the style of Punic sanctuaries (comp. p. 357); a *_Dwelling House_, with an almost intact groundfloor, a mosaic pavement, vaults, and stairs to the upper floor. The _Cisterns_ now serve the natives as habitations and the old _Byzantine Fortress_ is now a caravanserai. The ruins of the _Amphitheatre_ are less important. Three well-preserved subterranean _Palaces_ and a _Punic Fortress_ have been recently excavated. The rock-tombs of the _Necropolis_ date partly from the Punic period.

FROM SOUK EL-ARBA TO TABARCA, 42 M., by the highroad. (Diligence to Aïn-Draham, in summer only, at 1 p.m., in 6 hrs.; from Aïn-Draham to Tabarca at 10.45 a.m., in 6 hrs., there and back 6 fr.) This excursion, only suitable for the warmer season, introduces us to the most beautiful parts of the *=Kroumirie=, which, thanks to its ample rainfall (p. 321), is the most richly wooded region in Barbary. Now and then we meet with an almost virgin forest of cork-trees, evergreen oaks, elms, ashes, and other trees, in whose shade grow luxuriant ferns, while babbling brooks refresh the wayfarer. It was owing to violations of the frontier and thefts of cattle committed by the _Kroumirs_ that the French at length occupied Tunisia in 1881, but the natives are now peaceable herdsmen, wood-cutters, and charcoal-burners. The tombs of this Berber tribe still recall the ancient megalithic monuments of their ancestors.

The road ascends to the N.W. from the Dakla, through a depression between Jebel el-Herrech and Jebel Rebia (p. 326), to the saddle on the N.E. slope of _Jebel Halloufa_ (1512 ft.), and then turns to the N. into the valley of the _Oued Rzella_, a feeder of the Oued Bou Heurtma (see below). It passes (13 M.) _Fernana_ (820 ft.; Restaurants Dauteroche and Richetti) and ascends, soon more rapidly, to the (19½ M.) forester’s house of _Camp de la Santé_ and (20½ M.) _Les Chênes_ (2461 ft.; Hôt. des Chênes), a small summer resort superbly situated amid venerable evergreen oaks. The road descends in windings for a short time and then ascends again between _Jebel Bir_ (see below) on the right and _Kef Sidi Abdallah_ (2861 ft.) on the left, on whose slope is the kubba of Sidi Abdallah Ben-Djemel, the chief saint of the Kroumirs.—25½ M. =Aïn-Draham= (about 2625 ft.; Hôt. de France, Hôt. Serrières, both quite good; Mon. market), an agricultural village amidst cork-trees and evergreen oaks, lies in the heart of the Kroumirie, at the N. base of *_Jebel Bir_ (3327 ft.), which commands a splendid survey of the Kroumirie and the Nefza Mts. (p. 328), stretching to the N. to the sea, to the N.W. to the lakes near La Calle (p. 131), and to the S. to the Dakla.

The road now descends across the _Col des Ruines_ (2382 ft.) in windings to (30½ M.) _Babouch_ (1637 ft.; frontier custom-house), a village of immigrant farmers, where the road to La Calle diverges to the W. (22½ M. from Aïn-Draham; diligence 5 fr.). Our road, flanked at first by cork-trees and then passing through groves of olive and fig-trees, now descends the picturesque valley of the _Oued el-Kébir_, the ancient _Tusca_, the boundary between the Roman province of Africa (p. 321) and Numidia.

42 M. =Tabarca= (Hôt. Tiret, plain but quite good; Hôt. de France; pop. 1300, of whom 1100 are Europeans; Frid. market), a quiet little seaport in the fertile coast-plain between the Oued el-Kébir and _Cape Tabarca_, was the Roman _Thabraca_, the busiest harbour on the coast-road between Utica (p. 353) and Hippo Regius (p. 309), the outlet for the marble of Simitthu (p. 326) and for the timber and the wild beasts of the Kroumirie. Hardly a trace of that period now exists. The loftily situated Turkish _Bordj Djedid_ is now used as barracks. Opposite lies the bare island of _Tabarca_, rising abruptly on the N. side, with a picturesque old Genoese castle. Of the two, originally Carthaginian, quays connecting the island with the mainland the westmost has lately been restored, but the shallow harbour is scarcely used except by Sicilian fishermen. The steamers of the Comp. Gén. Transatlantique (p. 130) anchor in the open roads.—For the future railway to _Mateur_, see p. 352.

From Tabarca to _Béja_, see p. 328.

64 M. _Ben-Bachir_, not far from the influx of the _Oued Mellègue_, the ancient _Muluth_, and of the _Oued Tessa_ (p. 357) into the Medjerda. We cross the _Oued Bou Heurtma_, the _Armascla_ of the Romans. Fine view of _Jebel Gorra_ (p. 355).

71½ M. _Souk el-Khemis_ (427 ft.; ‘fifth-day market’), a thriving agricultural village, the largest at this end of the Dakla. The valley now contracts. 79½ M. _Sidi-Zehili_.

87½ M. _Pont-de-Trajan_ (Rail. Restaurant), misnamed after a three-arched *_Bridge_ of the time of Tiberius, 99 yds. long and 8 yds. wide, one of the oldest Roman structures in Barbary.

FROM PONT-DE-TRAJAN TO BÉJA, 9 M., branch-line in 24 min. (1 fr. 45, 1 fr. 10 c., 80 c.). The line ascends the bare valley of the _Oued Béja_, to the N.—9 M. =Béja= (715–1000 ft.; Hôt. de France, etc.; pop. 12,000, incl. 1600 Europeans), the _Vaga_ of the Roman period, when it had a great market and was one of the most thriving places in the Medjerda valley, owes its present prosperity to the grain-trade and the culture of early vegetables. To the E., bordering the Avenue de la Gare, is the new quarter of the Italian and French farmers, with the _Halle aux Grains_. To the W., on the slope beyond the _Oued Bou Zegdem_, rises the picturesque old town. On its N.E. margin the Grande Rue leads to the _Marché_ (cattle-market, Tues.) and to the _Souks_ (p. 335). The _Grande Mosquée_, built in the form of an Egyptian cross (p. 376), one of the oldest in Tunisia, is famed for its borrowed wealth of ancient Roman capitals. The only Roman ruins are the _Bâb el-Aïn_ (‘fountain-gate’) and relics of _Thermae_ and of a _Basin_. The _Town Walls_, with their many towers, were originally Byzantine, but have been repeatedly restored. With the exception of the ‘keep’, the Byzantine fortress on the top of the hill has been superseded by the _Kasba_, built largely of Roman materials. On the _Bou Hamdan_ (1047 ft.), a hill 1 M. to the N.W. of Béja, lies a large _Punic Burial Ground_, with rock-tombs.—Railways run from Béja to the N.E. to _Mateur_ (p. 351) and to the S.W. to _Nebeur_ (p. 326).

The picturesque route to Tabarca (45 M.; motor-omnibus or diligence) leads to the N. from Béja, past the zinc-mines of _Jebel Charra_ (1414 ft.), and through the now treeless valleys of the Oued Béja (_Oued Djorfane_ in its upper course) and the _Oued Sersar_. It next passes the richest calamine or zinc-ore mines in Tunisia (_Jebel Damous_, _Aïn-Roumi_, _Jebel Sidi Ahmed_) and leads through the grand ravine of _Khanguet Kef Tout_ into the valley of the _Oued Maden_. 25 M. _Djebel-Abiod_ (Hôt. des Nefzas, quite good), a village in the _Nefza Mts._, famed for their cork-tree woods, their abundant game, and their great deposits of hæmatite. (Railway from Mateur to Djebel-Abiod, see p. 352; thence to Tabarca under construction.) We now drive to the W., between _Jebel Kherouf_ (2035 ft.) on the left and a chain of *Dunes (650 ft.) on the right, to _Râs er-Radjel_, and cross the Oued el-Kébir to (45 M.) _Tabarca_ (p. 327).

From Pont-de-Trajan to _Teboursouk_ (_Dougga_), see p. 355.

The Medjerda, in its sinuous course, then forces its way through the bare hill-country below Pont-de-Trajan. For a short distance the train runs to the N.E. into the side-valley of the _Oued Zarga_, stopping at (100½ M.) _Oued-Zarga_ (322 ft.), and then returns to the E., through hilly country, and below _Toukabeur_ and _Chaouach_ (see below), into the valley of the Medjerda.

113 M. =Medjez el-Bab= (197 ft.; Hôt. des Colons; omn. to the diligence office 30 c.), a considerable village on the right bank of the Medjerda, 1¼ M. to the S. of the station, was formerly _Membressa_, a busy place on the Roman road from Carthage to Tebessa (p. 315). The eight-arched _Medjerda Bridge_ was built in the 18th cent. with the materials of the Roman bridge; and the Roman _Triumphal Arch_, to which the village owes its name (‘ford by the gateway’), has lately been almost entirely demolished for a similar purpose. Important corn-market on Mondays.

On the slope of _Jebel Chaouach_ (1778 ft.), some 5½ M. to the N.W. of Medjez el-Bab, lies _Chaouach_ (1480 ft.), with the ruins of the small Roman town of _Sua_ (triumphal arch, nymphæum, town-wall, etc.). About 1¼ M. to the W. of Chaouach are the ruins of _Toukabeur_ (1221 ft.), the Roman _Thuccabor_, with its ancient cisterns, gateways, temple, etc.

From Medjez el-Bab to _Teboursouk_ and _Dougga_ (_Le Kef_), see R. 55.

The train now proceeds, generally somewhat apart from the tortuous stream, at the foot of bare hills (_Jebel Heïdous_, _Jebel Lansarine_, etc.), to (119 M.) _El-Heri_ and (122½ M.) _Bordj Toum_.

133 M. =Tebourba= (133 ft.; Hôt. Cafort, R. 2, B. ½, D. 2½, pens. 6 fr.; pop. 2000) is pleasantly situated among olive-groves. On a height (164 ft.) crowned with the kubba of _Sidi Ras-Allah_, between the village and the Medjerda, are the scanty ruins of the Roman town of _Thuburbo Minus_. About ½ hr. to the S. of Tebourba lies the dam or *_Bridge of El-Bathan_, originally Roman, but restored to form a reservoir for watering the olive-trees. Adjacent are a small manufactory of chechias (a kind of fez) and barracks. Near Tebourba are large quarries of gypsum.

139 M. _Djedeïda_, junction for Bizerta (R. 54), with a barrage and an agricultural school and farm of the Alliance Israélite.

The train crosses the Medjerda and, at the arches of the *_Aqueduct of Carthage_ (p. 348), still 7½ M. long, the watershed between the Medjerda valley and the undulating plain of Tunis.

148 M. _La Manouba_ (p. 342). We then pass _Kassar-Saïd_ (on the left; p. 342) and the (150½ M.) _Bardo_ (p. 339), and for a short time skirt the N. side of the _Sebkha es-Sedjoumi_ (p. 332). Lastly the train rounds the S. edge of the old town (_Rebat Bab-Djazira_, p. 337) and passes close to the _Manoubia Hill_ (p. 339) and the _Zaouïa Sidi Bel-Hassen_ (p. 339).

154 M. _Tunis_ (Gare du Sud, see below).

52. Tunis.

ARRIVAL BY SEA. The _Quay_ where almost all the steamers (p. 331) are berthed is 10–15 min. from the hotels. The _Douane_ is close by. It is best to entrust luggage at once to the hotel servants; if a porter (hamal) is required his charge should be asked (usually 10 c. for small packages, and 25 c. for each trunk carried to the cab or omnibus). Cab (into the town 1 fr., each trunk 15 c.) and tramway (No. 1), see p. 330.

=Railway Station.= _Gare du Sud_ (Pl. E, 5; Restaurant), Place de la Gare (Rue es-Sadikia).—Railway and sleeping-car office in the town, König & Co. (p. 331).

=Hotels= (comp. p. 324; often full in Feb.-April). *TUNISIA PALACE HOTEL (Pl. c; E, 4, 5), Avenue de Carthage, behind the Casino Municipal (p. 331), with a small garden, R. 4–10, B. 1½, déj. 5, D. 7, pens. 13–20, omn. 1½–2 fr.; *HÔT. DE PARIS & IMPÉRIAL (Pl. a; D, 5), Rue al-Djazira 23bis, R. 3–6, B. 1½, déj. 3½–4, D. 4–5, pens. 9–16, omn. without luggage 1 fr.—*GRAND-HÔTEL (Pl. b; D, 4), Avenue de France, R. 3½–6, B. 1½, déj. 3½, D. 4½, pens, from 10, omn. 1 fr.; *HÔT. ST. GEORGES, Avenue de Paris (N. of Pl. E, 2), near the Belvedere Park (p. 338), suitable for some stay, R. 3–4, B. 1½, déj. 3, D. 4, pens. 9–12½ fr. (with dépendance HÔT. SUISSE, moderate); HÔT. DE FRANCE (Pl. d; D, 5), Rue Léon-Roches 8, quiet site, pens. 9–11, omn. 1 fr.—Plainer: HÔT. EYMON (Pl. e, D 4; ‘Gigino’), Rue de l’Eglise 1, corner of Place de la Bourse, R. 3–4, B. ¾, déj. or D. 2½, pens. 8 fr., good; TUNIS HOTEL & DE GENÈVE (Pl. f; D, 4, 5), Rue d’Italie 12, R. 2½–6, B. ¾, déj. 2–2½, D. 2½–3, omn. 1–1¼ fr.; HÔT. D’ANGLETERRE, Ave. Jules-Ferry 37, R. 2½–5, B. ¾, déj. 2, D. 2½, pens. 7½, omn. 1¼ fr.; HÔT. MAISON DORÉE, Rue de Hollande 10 (Pl. E, 5), with restaurant, similar charges; HÔT. MODERNE (Pl. g; D, 4), Rue de Constantine 12, corner of Rue de Bône, R. from 3½, déj. or D. 3, pens. from 9½ fr.; HÔT. DE LA POSTE, Rue d’Espagne 5 (Pl. D, 5).—=Hôtels Garnis.= HÔT. BELLEVUE (Pl. h; D, 4), Rue es-Sadikia 1; HÔT. RÉGENCE (dépendance of the Hôt. Eymon), Ave. de France, R. 3–8, B. 1 fr.; SPLENDID HOTEL, Ave. Jules-Ferry 74; ROYAL HOTEL, Rue d’Espagne 19, R. from 3 fr.; HÔT. CENTRAL, Ave. de Paris 8; FAMILY HOTEL, Rue d’Allemagne 15 (Pl. D, 5), near the marché (p. 333), plain.—_Furnished Rooms_ (20–70 fr. per month) abound.

=Cafés.= _Café du Casino_, in the palmarium of the Casino Municipal (p. 331), with a summer terrace in the Ave. Jules-Ferry; _Café-Restaurant de Tunis_, Ave. de France 2, in the Hôt. Bellevue, much frequented; _Café de Paris_, same street, No. 16. Arabian cafés (p. 174) in the Halfaouine quarter (Pl. B, 2), at the Bab Djedid (Pl. C, 6), etc.—CONFECTIONERS. _Engerer_, Place de la Bourse 1; _Wagner & Co._, Rue d’Italie 24, and Ave. de Paris 8; _Montelateci_, Ave. de France 7.

=Restaurants.= *_Brasserie du Phénix_, Ave. Jules-Ferry 74, in the Splendid Hotel (see above); _Café-Restaurant de Tunis_, see above; _Salvarelli_, Ave. de France, adjoining the Grand-Hôtel; _Maxéville_, Ave. Jules-Ferry 63 (déj. or D. 1½ fr.); _Maison Dorée_, in the hotel (see above); _Restaurant du Rosbif_, Ave. Jules-Ferry 56; _Restaurant de la Poste_, Rue d’Angleterre 8.

Carriages. │ │ Voiture │ Voiture de Place │de Remise ═══════════════════════════════╪═══════════════════╤═════════╪═════════ │ │With two │ │ With one horse │ horses │ │ (2–3 │ │ │ │ pers.) │(4 pers.)│ „ │ Drive (course) in the town │ │ │ │ (petite banlieue) │ 0.80│ 0.90│ 1.—│ 1.60 Outside the town, up to 8 │ │ │ │ kilomètres (5 M.) │ 2.50│ 2.70│ 3.—│ 4.50 Hour in the town │ 1.30│ 1.50│ 1.80│ 2.40 Hour outside the town │ 1.80│ 2.—│ 2.40│ 3.20 Day (12 hrs.) │ 12.—│ 12.—│ 15.—│ 20.—

The chief limits of the inner town are the Bardo and the Belvedere Park. From 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. (or in April-Sept. 11–5) a fare and a half is charged. During festivals and races, and also for long drives, bargain advisable. Small packages free; trunk 15 c.—There are also TAXIMETER MOTOR CABS (comp. tariff).