555 M. STEAMBOATS (agents at Marseilles, see p. 120; at Tunis, p.
331). =1.= _North German Lloyd_ from Marseilles to Goletta
(Alexandria) every second Wed. foren. (returning Sat. even.), in 30½
hrs. (90–150 or 60 marks).—=2.= _Comp. Générale Transatlantique_ from
Marseilles to Tunis direct (Malta, R. 63), Mon. at noon (returning
Frid. aft.), in 31½ hrs. (96 or 69 fr.); viâ Bizerta to Tunis (Sfax
and Susa, R. 64), Frid. at noon (returning Wed.), in 41 hrs. (81 or 59
fr.).—=3.= _Navigation Mixte_ (_Touache Co._) from Marseilles to Tunis
direct (Sfax and Tripoli, R. 64), _rapide_ mail-steamer Wed. at noon
(returning Mon. afternoon), in 39 hrs. (75 or 50 fr.); cargo-boat viâ
Bizerta to Tunis (Palermo, R. 26), Sat. evening (returning Thurs. at
noon), in 49 hrs. (60 or 40 fr.).
_Marseilles_, see p. 119.—After remaining for some time in view of the
coast of _Provence_ as far as _Cape Sicié_ (comp. p. 132), the vessel
steers to the S.E. and loses sight of land.
Off the _Isola di Mal di Ventre_ we may catch a glimpse of the peninsula
of _Sinis_, which lies on the N. side of the large _Gulf of Oristano_,
on the W. coast of _Sardinia_, and at whose S. end once lay the
Phœnician colony of _Tharros_. The bare and monotonous hills of the S.W.
coast, with the well-known lead and zinc mines of the _Iglesiente_, the
region round Iglesias, are only visible in clear weather. The steamer
rounds the islands of _San Pietro_ and _San Antioco_ (p. 118), with its
capital of the same name on the E. coast, occupying the site of the
Phœnician _Sulci_. We pass the _Golfo di Palmas_, with the uninhabited
islets of _La Vacca_, _Il Vitello_, and _Il Toro_ (p. 118), and then
_Cape Teulada_ (p. 118), after which Sardinia is soon lost to view.
To the S.W. appears the distant _Ile de la Galite_ (p. 132); then, on
the coast of _Tunisia_, we descry the low spurs of the _Tell Atlas_ (p.
320), with the headlands of _Râs el-Koran_, _Râs Engelah_ (lighthouse;
the northmost point of the African continent), _Cap Blanc_ (lighthouse;
the _Promontorium Candidum_ of antiquity), and _Cap de Bizerte_ or _Cap
Guardia_ (853 ft.; lighthouse). To the S.E. another lighthouse marks the
rocks of ‘_I Cani_‘.
Some steamers call at _Bizerta_ (p. 352); the others steer to the left,
past the Cani and the island of _Pilau_ (p. 132), towards the little
_Ile Plane_ (lighthouse), which lies off _Cape Farina_ (Arabic _Râs
Tarf_; the ancient _Promontorium Apollinis_), where we come in sight of
the broad _Gulf of Tunis_, with the island of _Zembra_ (p. 153) in the
background.
We now cross the _Bay of Utica_ (p. 353) to the S., which since ancient
times has been largely filled up with the deposits of the _Medjerda_ (p.
320), pass _Cape Kamart_ (p. 351) and _La Marsa_ (p. 351), and then
reach the picturesque _Cape Carthage_ (p. 351), with its lighthouse and
the sea-baths and white houses of _Sidi Bou-Saïd_. We now enter the
*_Inner Bay of Tunis_, commanded on the E. by _Jebel Korbous_ (p. 364)
and on the S. by _Jebel Bou-Kornin_ (p. 363), _Jebel Ressas_ (p. 358),
and _Jebel Zaghouan_ (p. 359); we pass close to the castle-hill of
_Carthage_ (p. 344), crowned with the cathedral, the sea-baths of _Le
Kram_, _Khéreddine_, and _Goulette Neuve_ (p. 344), and reach _Goletta_
(or _La Goulette_; p. 343), a small seaport, situated on the tongue of
land separating the _Lac de Tunis_ or _Lac Bahira_ (p. 332) from the
open sea.
The steamer here enters the canal, 5½ M. long, 110 yds. wide, and about
20 ft. deep, constructed across the lake in 1893, where we have a good
view of the white houses of Tunis. On the right lies the island of
_Chikly_, with relics of a castle built by Emp. Charles V. The surface
of the lake is sometimes enlivened by flamingoes. The steamer, at
half-speed, takes another hour to reach _Tunis_ (p. 329).