[…] but the Emperor's visit has doubled the picturesque aspect of the place, and removed one great cause of complaint from those who sigh over the gradual disappearance of Oriental manners and the steady Gallification of Algeria.

The fancy restaurant used a white porcelain charger when serving.

The unruly, shoulder-length hair of the redeemed made a strong contrast to the well-tended coiffures of fashionable men, who frounced their hair with curling irons and wore long love locks tied with ribbons or silk favors.

‘I once got clap after a bump supper,’ said Blanford gloomily, ‘and it wasn't gay at all. It took ages to get itself cured.’