1118 M. _Cunard Line_ (from New York) and _White Star_ (from New York
or Boston), each two or three times a month, in 3 days (fare 5_l._
10_s._); _Orient Royal_ (from London), fortnightly; _North German
Lloyd_ (from New York or Southampton), three or four times a month
(120 or 88 marks); _Hamburg-American Line_ (from New York), once or
twice a month.
For _Gibraltar_, and the first part of the voyage, comp. p. 52 and R. 15
a. Astern appears the majestic _Sierra Nevada_ (p. 49).
Steering to the E.N.E., we sometimes see the Algerian coast to the S.,
from _Cape Ténès_ (p. 209) to the _Bay of Algiers_ (p. 221) and the
hills of Great Kabylia (p. 252).
After many hours’ steaming we next sight the uninhabited rocky islet of
_Il Toro_, off the S.W. coast of Sardinia, and the _Golfo di Palmas_ (p.
129), between the island of _San Antioco_ and the bold _Cape Teulada_,
the ancient _Chersonesus Promontorium_, the southmost point of Sardinia.
We pass the _Isola Rossa Bay_ at some distance; then _Cape Spartivento_
(lighthouse), at the S. end of the broad _Bay of Cagliari_ (p. 144),
which is only distinguishable in clear weather, and the granitic _Isola
dei Cavoli_ (lighthouse), lying off _Cape Carbonara_ (p. 144). The
Sardinian coast now rapidly disappears.
The steamer at length nears the _Bocca Grande_, 15 M. in width, the
chief entrance to the *_Bay of Naples_ (p. 135), between the islands of
_Ischia_ (left) and _Capri_ (right), with _Vesuvius_ in the distance.
The S.W. point of Ischia is the picturesque _Punta Imperatore_
(lighthouse). We steer past the S. side of the island, about 3 M. from
the _Punta Sant’ Angelo_ and the _Punta San Pancrazio_, then past the
island of _Procida_ and the hill of _Posilipo_, into the harbour of
_Naples_ (p. 135).
From Naples to _Genoa_, see R. 24.
[Illustration: MARSEILLE]