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 THE "MOAT" OF CONSTANTINE

walls of rock, the battlements of which are human dwellings. But entering this city of contrasts and surprises, we find that its streets and squares do not suggest its perilous situation. We might be in a city of the plains for aught the interior of Constantine reveals to us. Among the buildings of the city the only one that offers much of interest is the palace of the last ruler or bey of Constantine, the heartless autocrat