Tunis. The Land and the People [Translated from the German.] With 22 illustrations

Preface

. Recent events in Africa have again directed the eyes of Europe to the small Oriental State, the description of which is the object of this book. As very few works have been written about Tunis, and none descriptive of the present most interesting state of affairs in the Regency, I have complied with repeated requests by publishing the result of my observations there. The archæological curio sities, in which the country is so rich, I have touched upon very lightly, as they have been repeatedly described, but I have paid all the more attention to its present condition, its towns, districts, and people. Besides my own experience last year, during a sojourn of several months in the Regency, I have profited largely by consular reports and other com munications placed at my disposal by foreign representatives and by the Government of the Bey. VI

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. I trust that the interest of the subject, and my desire to meet what at the present time seems to be a public want, may to some extent excuse the shortcomings of the following pages. ERNEST V. HESSE -WARTEGG. CONTENTS.

The Harbour and Watering-Place of Goletta . . 183