LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE
OF
POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
MAY, 1873.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by J. B. Lippencott & Co., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress,at Washington.
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Contents
THE ROUMI IN KABYLIA.
OUR HOME IN THE TYROL
WILMINGTON AND ITS INDUSTRIES.
MARIE FAMETTE AND HER LOVERS.
SALMON FISHING IN CANADA.
A PRINCESS OF THULE.
AT ODDS.
PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
BERRYTOWN.
OVERDUE.
QUEEN VICTORIA AS A MILLIONAIRE.
CRICKET IN AMERICA
OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP.
LITERATURE OF THE DAY.
THE ROUMI IN KABYLIA.
THIRD PAPER.
THE AMIN OF KALAA.Emerging from these gloomy caflons, and passing the Beni-Mansour, thevillage of Thasaerth (where razors and guns are made), Arzou (full ofblacksmiths), and some other towns, we enter the Beni-Aidel, wherenumerous white villages, wreathed with ash trees, lie crouched likenests of eggs on the summits of the primary mountains, with the[Pg 490]magnificent peaks of Atlas cut in sapphire upon the sky above them. Atthe back part of an amphitheatre of rocky summits, Hamet, the guide,points out a little city perched on a precipice, which is certainly themost remarkable site, outside of opera-scenery, that we have ever seen.It is Kalaa, a town of three thousand inhabitants, divided into fourquarters, which contrive, in that confined situation, to be perpetuallydisputing with each other, although a battle would disperse the whole of[Pg 491]the tax-payers over the edges. Although apparently inaccessible but byballoon, Kalaa may be approached in passing by Bogni. It is hard to givean idea of the difficulties in climbing up from Bogni to the city, wherethe hardiest traveler feels vertigo in picking his way over a path oftenbut a yard wide, with perpendiculars on either hand. Finally, after many[Pg 492]strange feelings in your head and along your spinal marrow, you thankHeaven that you are safe in Kalaa.