Travels in the footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis

by Sir R. Lambert Playfair

British Consulate General,

Algiers: October 1, 1877.

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CONTENTS.

		PAGE
INTRODUCTORY		[1]
PART I.
CHAPTER
I.	Bruce appointed Consul-General atAlgiers	[15]
II.	Julia Cæsarea	[23]
III.	Start for Bone — Visit the Forest ofEdough and Mines of Ain Barbar	[31]
IV.	Bone to Guelma — Ruins of Announa —Hammam Meskoutin — Roknia — Cave of Djebel Thaya — Mahadjiba — TheSoumah	[36]
V.	Constantine	[47]
VI.	Bruce’s Route to Lambessa — Zana orDiana Veteranorum — The Medrassen — Bruce arrives at the Aures —Curious Meeting with a Chief of those Mountains	[52]
VII.	Our Arrival at Batna — History andDescription of the Aures Mountains	[61]
VIII.	Start for the Aures — Lambessa —El-Arbäa — Menäa	[70]
IX.	Ascent of the Oued Abdi — Mines ofTaghit — Arrival at Oued Taga	[77]
X.	Timegad	[83]
XI.	Leave Timegad — Foum Kosentina —Megalithic Remains — Oum el-Ashera — El-Wadhaha — Ascent of Chellia— Ain Meimoun — Lions	[91]
XII.	Ain Khenchla — Across the Plains ofthe Nememcha to Tebessa	[98]
XIII.	Tebessa — Return to Constantine	[103]
XIV.	Constantine to Algiers throughKabylia	[114]
PART II.
XV.	Start from Algiers on SecondExpedition — Earl of Kingston undertakes Photographic Department —Arrival at Tunis — Sebkha es-Sedjouni — Mohammedia — Aqueduct ofCarthage — Oudena — Zaghouan	[127]
XVI.	Es-Sabala — The Medjerda — Dragons ofthe Atlas — Bizerta — Immense Land-locked Harbour — Fish in Lake —Djebel Ishkul — Wild Buffaloes	[140]
XVII.	Visit to the Bey and GeneralKheir-ed-din — Difficulties attending Travel in Tunis — Improvementin the Government of the Country — Commencement of Bruce’s Journeyby the Medjerda — Our Start for Susa by Sea — Susa	[147]
XVIII.	Departure from Susa — Es-Sahel —Effects of the Disforesting of Tunis — Olive-trees — El-Djem	[154]
XIX.	El-Djem to Kerouan	[163]
XX.	Kerouan to Djebel Trozza, Djilma andSbeitla	[172]
XXI.	Sbeitla	[177]
XXII.	Bruce’s Journey from Sbeitla toHydra	[188]
XXIII.	Leave Sbeitla — Sbiba — Er-Raheia —Hamada Oulad Ayar — Arrival at Mukther	[191]
XXIV.	Mukther	[197]
XXV.	Mukther to Zanfour — Bruce’s Routefrom Kef to Zanfour	[205]
XXVI.	Zanfour to Ain Edjah and Teboursouk —Dougga	[213]
XXVII.	Leave Teboursouk — Valley of Lions —Ain Tunga — Testour	[226]
XXVIII.	Testour to El-Badja by the Mountains —El-Badja	[231]
XXIX.	Route from El-Badja to Tabarca	[238]
XXX.	Tabarca	[247]
XXXI.	From Tabarca to La Calle	[251]
PART III.
XXXII.	Bruce’s Route from Tebessa to theDjerid and back to Tunis	[265]
XXXIII.	Bruce’s Route to Djerba, Tripoli, andback to Tunis	[275]
XXXIV.	Tripoli	[278]
XXXV.	Bruce’s Route continued — Lebidah —Bengazi — Teuchira — Ptolometa — Shipwreck at Bengazi — Departurefor Canea	[283]
INDEX		[295]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATE
I.	Tombeau de la Chrétienne, or Tomb ofJuba II.	[Frontispiece]
	Vase brought by Bruce from NorthAfrica	[Title Page]
			PAGE
	Map of Part of Algeria and Tunis	to face	[1]
II.	Tombeau de la Chrétienne, Details ofColumnation	„	[24]
	False Door of Tombeau de laChrétienne		[27]
III.	Aqueduct of Julia Cæsarea	to face	[28]
	Portcullis at Seniore		[44]
IV.	El-Kantara of Constantine in 1765	to face	[48]
V.	The Medrassen, or Tomb of the NumidianKings	„	[56]
VI.	Arch of the Gods, Timegad	„	[88]
VII.	The Capitol, Timegad	„	[90]
VIII.	Temple of Jupiter, Tebessa	„	[106]
IX.	Quadrifrontal Arch of Caracalla atTebessa	„	[108]
X.	Aqueduct at Carthage	„	[130]
XI.	Amphitheatre of El-Djem, Plan of LowerStorey	„	[158]
XII.	Amphitheatre of El-Djem, GeneralView	„	[158]
XIII.	Amphitheatre of El-Djem, Interior ofLower Corridor	„	[158]
XIV.	Entrance to Hieron of Temples atSbeitla	„	[184]
XV.	Back View of Temples at Sbeitla	„	[184]
XVI.	Triumphal Arch at Hydra	„	[190]
	Tombstone at Mukther		[198]
XVII.	Lower Triumphal Arch at Mukther, byBruce	to face	[198]
XVIII.	Lower Arch at Mukther, PresentCondition	„	[198]
XIX.	Lower Arch at Mukther, ArchitecturalDetails	„	[198]
XX.	Arch of Trajan at Mukther	„	[202]
XXI.	Triumphal Arch and Temple atZanfour	„	[208]
XXII.	Temple of Jupiter and Minerva atDougga, Side View	„	[216]
XXIII.	Temple of Jupiter and Minerva atDougga, Front View	„	[216]
XXIV.	Lybian Mausoleum at Dougga, Bruce’sDrawing	„	[220]
	Lybian Mausoleum at Dougga,Catherwood’s Drawing		[222]
XXV.	Theatre at Dougga	to face	[224]
XXVI.	Theatre at Ain Tunga	„	[226]
XXVII.	Quadrifrontal Arch at Tripoli	„	[280]
XXVIII.	Quadrifrontal Arch at Tripoli,Architectural Details	„	[282]
	Map of Bruce’s Route in Tripoli andthe Cyrenaica	„	[284]
XXIX.	Fac-simile of Bruce’s MS.	„	[294]
	Temple at Ptolemeta, [Outer Covering] of Volume.