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II. Algiers, April 17 ON Friday afternoon various papers on local subjects were read to a general audience in the foyer of the theatre. They related to the geology, geography, and demography of Algeria, but the most interesting paper was by our Consul-Genera.1, Col. Playfair, on a visit to the country of the Kroumirs—interesting not only because the aggressions of this tribe have led to the present complications in Tunis, which will probably end in war, but also because Col. Playfair and Lord Kingston are the only Europeans who have visited their country. They inhabit the district near Le Calle, that is to say, the northern portion of the boundary between Algeria and Tunis, and they only nominally acknowledge the suzerainty of the Bey of Tunis.
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RODWELL, G. The French Association for the Advancement of Science at Algiers 1 . Nature 23, 606–607 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023606a0
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