From Tangier To Tripoli, Frank G. Carpenter

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From Tangier To Tripoli

By Frank G. Carpenter

Contents

Just a word before we start
In the land of Othello
About some matters of business
Bandit days in Morocco
Behind the scenes with the Sultan
In Spanish Africa
In Oran
The Delhi of North Africa
The Tell and its farms
In the heart of the Sahara
A visit to an oasis Republic
The garden spots of the desert
An African capital
Behanzin, King of the Amazons
The oldest white race of the world
An exiled African Queen
The Pompeii of Africa
The garden of Allah
A city of the air
Walks about Tunis
Amid the ruins of Old Carthage
Where the woman wear trousers
Kairouan the Holy
To the Colosseum of El Djem by motor
Tripoli
The Oasis of Libya
The islands of Malta
A look ahead in North Africa




List of Photographs

In the lands of the desert
Centuries removed from modern civilization
The water peddler
Moorish men often walk hand in hand
Arab singer playing the gimbri
Sidewalk cafes are the Arabs' clubs
Bread peddlers are found in every, market
American goods are scarce
An encampment of soldiers outside the city
The sacred city of Fez
The fountain with its marvelous mosaics
The Jews control the bulk of business
Sultan Mulai Abd el-Aziz
Morocco has an airplane service to France
Council of ministers in Morocco
Carved wood in Arab's house
Wealthy Moors love luxury
Rabat,the real capital of Morocco
Standard gauge is replacing the light railways
Moorish women .quickly cover their faces
Melilla is the chief port of Spanish Morocco
Spanish soldiers in Melilla
The domain of the governor of Gibraltar
Moors curse when a. Spaniard is mentioned
Forests in the Atlas, Mountains
Oran houses command a view of the sea
Negro juggler fascinates the children
The costly high hats made of straw
The famous bronze doors of Tlemcen
The Mosque of the candy saint
Hedges of cactus plants
Old men weave grain baskets
Irrigating North African farms
Primitive farming methods used
Sheep and goats in all year pasture
Grapes are sold everywhere
Bedouin women do all the work
The Sahara express
Camels smell water three miles away
The shifting sand dunes
Sometimes the desert is covered with rocks
How fanatics torture themselves
News bulletins of the desert
The snake charmer
The camel police of the desert
A mother of the desert
Arab soldier escort
Long caravans are less common than formerly
Figig has a million date palms
Date trees in an oasis village
The date palm
Eighty thousand square miles of oases
Oases are watered by underground streams
Wine casks crowd Algiers'docks
The capital of Algeria
The bootblacks of Algiers
A schoolyard fountain
Arab playing his way into Heaven
An Arab cemetery
The King of Dahomey
Tattooed girl of the Kabyles
Shaded roads through Algerian gardens
Kabyle farms are tiny patches
Good roads built by the French
Oldest white race known
Queen Ranavalona III
Playing house in Algiers
Algerian boys playing marbles
Broad avenue leading to the Forum
Houses of Timgad
Behind the ancient butcher's block
Walls of the Temple of Jupiter
Coffee and dominoes in a doorway
Arab boy on stilts
An Arab barber at work
Popular transportation in Biskra
Mosque at Sidi Okba
The rocky gorge at Constantine
The city of the air
Cascade formation of hot springs
The roofs of snow-white Tunis
The tailors of Tunis
The sweet dates of Africa
In the perfume bazaar
Sandals are convenient for Moslems
Painted marbles from Carthage
Moslem women are shrouded in haicks
Moslems wash at the mosque fountain
Camels eat dates
In school for forty-five years
The tombs of ancient Carthage
In earrings and anklets
Baggy trousers worn by women
Their faces covered with scarfs
April and December in North Africa
Where Jewish women mourn
Drinking from the sacred well
The chief mosque of Kairouan
Prayer in the desert
Moslem dervish
The Spahi with his swift Arab steed
One of the oldest cities of the world
The ancient amphitheatre at El Djem
The Road to Sfax
The streets are deserted at noon
Arch of Marcus Aurelius
Water supply of Tripoli
American sewing machines in Arab shops
Negroes sold as slaves
Geisha girls of the oases
Travelling over the desert
Alfa grass used in making paper
The "Jews of the Desert"
A valuable strategic point
The old gate in Valetta
Narrow streets of Malta
The buildings look like forts
The old and the new Morocco

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