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Title: A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1878-1944
Subjects: Automobile travel
Publisher: New York, Priv. print.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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buta few kilometers distant, less than an hours runin fact. Medenin, too, some 60 kilometers farthersouth of Gabes, where the good road ceases, isreported to be well worth a visit, possessing afairly good hotel at which the tourist may com-fortably refresh himself. The inhabitants of the neighborhood of Mede-nin are very wild, living practically underground, a round hole in the surface of the earthl^eing the only means of communication with thevillage, which is out of sight. They are fiercein their manners, and, owing to the TripolitanWar and the proximity of this village to the ( 55 ) TUNIS frontier, some 50 kilometers off, many ferocioustribes, which were never here before, have comeinto this district. Foreigners, too, are not lookedupon with kindly eyes. The district is well known for its mineralwealth. Platinum, tin, and copper are found inabundance in the interior, and considerable min-ing is carried on. A great future is in store for theunexplored parts of this neighborhood. 56
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inO HO SFAX TO ENFIDAVILLE IN the early afternoon we drew up before theHotel de France, at Sfax, and obtained, thoughthe accommodation looked far from inviting,two vacant rooms. A wash-up refreshed us and wesoon set out with a guide furnished by the pro-prietor of the hotel, to visit the Arab quarters, themost characteristically oriental we had as yetseen, and decidedly the most interesting. The people are very queer in appearance; thecaravans just in from the desert bringing a hordedifficult to describe in words. Every type is to beseen, and clothed in every conceivable kind ofgarb. On the outskirts is the camel market, whichpresents a vivid and fascinating picture. Locatedclose by are the cisterns which, covering an areaof some fifteen acres, supply all the water for thetow^n. The old city walls, still intact, are particu-larly fine, and display some remarkal^le examplesof antique architecture. Among other places of interest we visited werea number of Bedouin tents and encampments,

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