Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Part 10

THE ALHAMBRA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Sketch of the famous Gate of Justice, the princ.i.p.al modern Entrance to the far-famed Moorish Palace of THE ALHAMBRA--with a little Spanish Flirtation going on in the corner.]

THE ALHAMBRA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Outline Sketch of an Ancient Moorish Well, inside the enclosure of the ALHAMBRA; with a bit of the Old Wall.]

A SPANISH VEGETABLE MARKET.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A sketch in GIBRALTAR--This fellow was seen wandering around the streets, selling vegetables to the natives, and steering his Donkey by the tail.]

PART IV.

ALGIERS.

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LANDING IN AFRICA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: We leave Gibraltar by Steamer, and upon reaching the city of NEMOURS, Our Artist and his Better-Half are taken ash.o.r.e from the small boat by the Natives in this summary manner!--A couple of inviting Hotel-keepers are awaiting them on the beach.]

AN ARAB BEGGAR.

[Ill.u.s.tration: One of the first Objects that greets the eagle eye of Our Artist, as he wanders around the streets of NEMOURS, is this cheerful "What-is-it," who mournfully begs for a few grains of corn.]

AFRICAN WATER CARRIERS.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Sketch of a fantastic little Fountain in one of the streets of the City of ORAN.]

BED-ROOMS IN AFRICA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: This is the sort of Thing that you find meandering round on your pillow, when you retire to your Chamber for the night, at the Hotel in ORAN.]

ANOTHER ARAB BEGGAR.

[Ill.u.s.tration: This Gentleman, who accosted us in the suburbs of ORAN, a.s.sured us in tremulous accents that he had eaten nothing in seventeen days--and we saw no reason for doubting his word.]

LOCOMOTION IN AFRICA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Upon our arrival in the City of ALGIERS, we are much amused at the first vehicle we see; where a diminutive donkey is. .h.i.tched in front of an enormous horse.]

COSTUMES IN AFRICA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Alarm of Our Artist, as he, for the first time, encounters a Moorish maiden, as she appears around the corner from a dark and narrow street, in the Kasbah quarter of the City of ALGIERS.]

SOLDIERS IN AFRICA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A French Zouave off duty, as he appeared while listening to the Military Band that played every afternoon in the Place du Gouvernment, ALGIERS.]

A STREET IN ALGIERS.

[Ill.u.s.tration: The Rue Staoueli--a narrow street in the old Arab Quarter of ALGIERS, where the houses nearly touch each other at their tops.]

MANUFACTURES IN AFRICA.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Sketch in the Rue Kasbah.--A couple of Moorish Jews, engaged in silk spinning, at the door of their palatial residence.]