ALGERIA

s French po e ion, slightly | caust! " larger than Great Britain in area, in the | rosiv« north of Africa. The country consists of AL three distinct regions + the Tell, a broad | ta band of y fertile land rising from | nitro, the coast; the Adas Highlands, and the | plant Sahara district. Excellent crops of wheat, | pertie oli tobacco, cotton, and rice aré pro- | much aed in the Tél, but the most valuable | famili export is Alfa, a kind of esparto gras a used | nicott for the manufacture of paper, which grows | of cof wild in abundance on tho banks of the|} AL marshy lakes at the southern foot of the oo _ Atlas mountains. Tho chief towns are! No | the capital, known as the ‘'Silver | Anglc | Oity;” Oran and Béne, two busy ade York, Const an tine, the ** Northampton o AL —. the most ey inland city. | adore: AM’BRA (‘the red castle’), an | God | ancient fortre and palace of the Moorish AL le on a bill overlooking the city | situat of Spain. It was begun in 1213 | and ¢ and completed in 1348. The palace is | the Ir potable for the lightne and elegance of | Hind; ita columns and arches, the richne of its | railws ornamentation, and its mosaic pavements. AL Ne Bose cousin of Mohammed, whose | range @aughter Fatizns he married, and the first | Appa’ convert to Mohammoedanism. Ho became | Unite Caliph in 656, and was a a inated by s| AL fanatic in the mosque at Bagdad, four | differ years pe His tomb near Kula is still direc & place are fc aie, [s. 40]