SHOOTING HYENAS ON THE PURPLE MOUNTAINS NEAR EL
GREESHE 20

SHOOTING WILD DUCKS NEAR AIN MOKRA, PROVINCE OF
CONSTANTINE, ALGERIA 44

HOG-SHOOTING ON THE BANKS OF THE OUED EL AHWENA,
IN TUNISIA 60

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE VOYAGE OUT:--Paris in 1860--Notre Dame--Our
Hotel--Nero and the Groom--The Steamer for
Algeria--Gallic Peculiarities--Life on Board 7

CHAPTER II.

DESCRIPTION OF ALGIERS:--Arrival in Algeria--Murray's
Guide-books, and their Amenities--Disembarkation in
the Port of Algiers--Our Fellow-travellers--Algiers and
its Inhabitants--The Dey's Palace--Cause of the French
Invasion 13

CHAPTER III.

LIFE IN ALGIERS:--Algerian Society--A Soiree at
General Martinprez's--The Sirocco--My Maltese
Companion--The Theatre--General Youssouf and his Career 19

CHAPTER IV.

"UP THE COUNTRY:"--Departure from Algiers--Blidah--The
Zouave Officers and their Companions--Government
Establishment of Horses--Joseph, the Horse-dealer--To
Arbah--The Caravanserai--Journey towards Oued-el-Massin 25

CHAPTER V.

FURTHER EXPERIENCES:--Abd-el-Kader (but not the
Emir)--Difficult Road--Perils of the Way--Prospect of
Sport--The First Boar--The Chasseurs d'Afrique--Mine
Hostess of the "Scorpion"--Teniet 30

CHAPTER VI.

FURTHER PROGRESS--RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES:--Cold
Weather--Milianah--Vezoul--The Aubergiste--El
Afroun--The Rhamazan--Dancing Dervishes 36

CHAPTER VII.

BONA AND ITS VICINITY:--Passage to Bona--State of
Affairs on Board--Bona--The Lake Metitza--Ain
Mokra--Wild Duck Shooting on the Lake 41

CHAPTER VIII.

ON TO TUNIS:--Algeria in General--The Arabs and their
Conquerors--Antagonism between the Two Races--Social
Condition of the Arabs--The _Oasis_ Steamer--Arrival
at Tunis 46

CHAPTER IX.

MARSA:--Angelo's Horsemanship--The Bey's Palace at
Marsa--The Arabs and their Love of Tobacco--The
Friendly Moor at Camatte 52

CHAPTER X.

ABOUT BOAR SHOOTING:--Sleeman--the Oued el Ahwena--Its
Scenery, and its Dangers--Beauty of the Landsca