...distance of fifty miles. The arches in many places remain, and the whole course may be traced. I have now told you of the four Barbary states. The climate is, on the whole, delightful, and the land is in What of Tnnis? How is it governed? Where does the bey reside? What of ancient Carthage? general, very...

...What of Tunis ? How is it governed ? Where does the bey reside ? What of ancient Carthage ? I have now told you of the four Barbary states. The climate is,...globe ; but the inhabitants are, for the most part, savage and uncivilised. At the time I was in Tripoli, which is more than fifty years ago, these Barbary...

...Africa (1830) we learn that "Nature has done everything to make" the regions of the Barbary States "one of the most charming portions of the globe. But the inhabitants are for the most part, cruel, vicious, and unprincipled."55 Or in The Tales of Peter Parley about Asia we are reminded that however...