Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia
Von: W. G. Windham
User: Chhaya Laud
Paris in 1860.--Notre Dame.--Our Hotel.--Nero and the Groom.--The Steamer for Algeria.--Gallic Peculiarities.--Life on Board.
In medias res. I will not stop to describe my journey to Paris, viâ Folkestone, nor to chronicle the glasses of pale ale--valedictory libations to perfide Albion, quaffed at the Pavilion--nor to portray the sea-sickness of "mossoo," nor the withering indignation of the British female when her wardrobe was searched. Briefly, kind reader, be pleased to understand that we arrived in safety--guns, rifles, "and all"--at the Hôtel du Louvre, in Paris, at about eleven o'clock on a certain day in February, 1860.
In medias res. I will not stop to describe my journey to Paris, viâ Folkestone, nor to chronicle the glasses of pale ale--valedictory libations to perfide Albion, quaffed at the Pavilion--nor to portray the sea-sickness of "mossoo," nor the withering indignation of the British female when her wardrobe was searched. Briefly, kind reader, be pleased to understand that we arrived in safety--guns, rifles, "and all"--at the Hôtel du Louvre, in Paris, at about eleven o'clock on a certain day in February, 1860.
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