615 M. STEAMBOAT LINES (agents at Marseilles, see p. 120; at Oran, p.
176). _Comp. Générale Transatlantique_, _rapide_ on Thurs. and Sat.
aft. (in reverse direction Tues. and Thurs.), in 41 hrs., fare 81 or
59 fr.; _Transports Maritimes_, Tues. (returning Sat.), in 38 hrs., 75
or 55 fr.; cargo-boat Frid. (returning Tues.), in 46 hrs., 60 or 40
fr.; _Navigation Mixte_ (_Touache Co._), Wed. (returning Sat.), in 54
hrs., 60 or 40 fr.
Travellers in S. France may take a steamer of the _Navigation Mixte_
from _Cette_ (a seaport 90 M. to the W. of Marseilles) to Porte
Vendres and Oran (Thurs. night), in 45 hrs., fare 90 or 65 fr.
_Marseilles_ and its harbour, see p. 119.
Steering out into the _Gulf of Lions_ and the _Balearic Sea_, the
steamers at first either follow the same course as those to Gibraltar
(R. 17), or a more easterly course, past _Majorca_ and _Dragonera_ (p.
112), towards the rock-bound strait between _Iviza_ (p. 112) and the
flat island of _Formentera_, the southmost of the Balearic group. In
passing we obtain a fine view of the town of _Iviza_, with its old
castle and loftily situated cathedral (see Baedeker’s Spain and
Portugal).
Nearing the Algerian coast, we first sight the range of hills
culminating in _Jebel Orouze_ (p. 199), which separates the bays of
Arzew (p. 199) and Oran. Entering the outer *_Gulf of Oran_, we survey
its full extent from the _Pointe de l’Aiguille_ to _Cape Carbon_ (p.
264). On the left, rises the curiously shaped _Jebel Kahar_ or _Montagne
des Lions_ (p. 184). In the foreground, in the inner bay bounded by
_Pointe Canastel_ and the headland of _Mers el-Kébir_ (p. 183), lies the
town of _Oran_, with the old fort of _Santa Cruz_ rising high above it
(p. 175).