SHOOTING IN ALGERIA. 



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Suppose Malta to be your starting-place, and I 

 should advise you to make it so — unless compelled 

 to do otherwise — for good and seaworthy boats 

 are easily obtained at Valetta, and at moderate 

 prices. On leaving the grand harbour steer so as 

 to pass the Island of Panteleria a little to the 

 northward, after which bear away to Cape Bon, 

 from where, by making a due west course, you will 

 find yourself between the islands of Galita and the 

 mainland. On close inspection of the African coast, 

 a bay a mile deep, and entirely land-locked, will be 

 found, the shores of which are hilly and extremely 

 picturesque. The vegetation upon them, is a fair 

 mixture of grass and palmetto. The islands of 

 Galita are, I think, three in number, very flat on the 

 surface, and quite insignificant in size. On the 

 larger one is a building, easily discerned from the 

 sea, erected as a shelter for the sponge and coral 

 fishermen. Your captain and crew, if they follow the 

 coasting trade — and no others should be engaged — 

 will know the bay opposite well, for it is a favourite 

 refuge for such people to take shelter in when bad 

 weather occurs. 



The distance from Malta to this charming little 

 haven is about 350 miles by the course sailed in 

 favourable weather, and about 250 miles as the crow 

 flies. 



After passing over the first ridge of hills from 



