Amongst the tribes, pottery is also made by the women and negresses, but generally without the aid of the potter’s wheel. The Khrumir in particular are noted for their peculiar ornamented pottery.
In the towns, moreover, and especially in Tunis, there are numbers of shoemakers, leather workers, saddlers, harness and pouch makers, etc. etc. There are also excellent dyers and makers of perfumes.
In the oases are made fans, and baskets of palm leaves and of alfa straw; baskets, hats, and great crates for corn, which take the place in these regions of the clay jars of the Kabail.
Tripoli lies quite close to Tunis, and there manufactures attain a high level; a great quantity therefore of stuffs—carpets and worked leather articles—are imported thence. The Jews are the goldsmiths, and, even in the interior and in the southern oases, possess the art of making pretty bracelets and ornaments.
The inhabitants of Zarsis are renowned for their peculiar filigree work.
POSTSCRIPT
The information adjoined regarding the number of souls included in each of the Berber tribes, and of their domestic animals, came to hand only after the first portion of my book had gone to press. I therefore add it here. This information has been collected with great pains throughout the Government of El Arad by the kindly help of M. Destailleur, Contrôleur Civil to that Government. It is positively reliable, the calculations which I was able to make in person during my stay in several of the villages, with the same view, corresponding exactly to those in the table. Only—as an outsider—I must aver that the number of horses may not be quite correct, but for some places appears computed too low. As for instance in Hadeij, where, it is said, none are to be found, which was certainly not the case. Possibly the explanation may be that the sheikhs feared that the inquiry made by the Government arose from a desire to know how many mounted men this tribe could place in the field in time of war.
| Names of Tribes and Villages. | Number of Inhabitants. | Asses. | Oxen. | Horses. | Camels. | Sheep and Goats. | Mules | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jara | 1925 | 500 | 40 | 100 | 40 | 700 | 40 | ||||
| Menzel | 2200 | 600 | 60 | 35 | 40 | 410 | 90 | ||||
| Shenini | 1040 | 300 | 2 | 25 | 30 | 185 | 30 | ||||
| Ghenush | 350 | 100 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 200 | 40 | ||||
| Bu Shma | 50 | 20 | 10 | 30 | |||||||
| Udref | 750 | 280 | 70 | 8 | 120 | 450 | 2 | ||||
| Metuia | 1800 | 200 | 20 | 10 | 100 | 600 | 60 | ||||
| Tebulbu | 235 | 45 | 25 | 4 | 38 | 350 | 1 | ||||
| Zarat | 165 | 45 | 55 | 3 | 12 | 1000 | |||||
| Ghraïra | 450 | 100 | 8 | 390 | 1450 | ||||||
| Alaia | 232 | 30 | 20 | 351 | |||||||
| Hazem | 1229 | 210 | 4 | 36 | 240 | 2880 | |||||
| Hamernas | 2100 | 600 | 57 | 37 | 300 | 2100 | 1 | ||||
| Beni-Zider, South of theShott. | ⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ | Gassur | 900 | 140 | 70 | 20 | 50 | 350 | 10 | ||
| Debdaba | 1390 | 115 | 22 | 40 | 92 | 520 | 19 | ||||
| El Begla | 1455 | 432 | 41 | 535 | 1830 | ||||||
| Shelahsha | 1689 | 400 | 95 | 1400 | 10,000 | 4 | |||||
| Matmata | 1000 | 120 | 8 | 20 | 400 | 1800 | |||||
| Shehel | 1100 | 150 | 25 | 1200 | 2500 | ||||||
| El Heurja | 1000 | 140 | 30 | 420 | 2000 | ||||||
| Zauia | 868 | 320 | 35 | 800 | 8000 | 4 | |||||
| Matmata Mountains. | ⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ | Tujud | 210 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 55 | 520 | |||
| Zarua | 604 | 55 | 27 | 1 | 207 | 713 | 2 | ||||
| Dehibat | 100 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 1000 | |||||
| Ben Aissa | 340 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 65 | 311 | |||||
| Guelaa Ben Aissa | 495 | 40 | 45 | 3 | 115 | 410 | |||||
| Smerten | 105 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 265 | ||||||
| Beni Sultan | 632 | 43 | 73 | 1 | 55 | 200 | 2 | ||||
| Tujan | 1071 | 51 | 80 | 3 | 169 | 1000 | 1 | ||||
| Uled-Sliman-Hadeij | 1300 | 200 | 200 | 300 | 2700 | 8 | |||||
| Lasheish | 1020 | 120 | 223 | 6 | 263 | 2036 | 2 | ||||
| Tamezred | 1082 | 50 | 100 | 7 | 400 | 4600 | 4 | ||||
| Urghamma. | ⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ | Neffat | 3830 | 826 | 46 | 221 | 3371 | 9926 | 3 | ||
| Accara | 5496 | 750 | 250 | 110 | 1335 | 6060 | |||||
| Tuasin | 2461 | 1203 | 15 | 600 | 6945 | 15,263 | |||||
| Khezur | 3411 | 890 | 150 | 142 | 1353 | 9745 | |||||
| Ghomrasen | 1376 | 565 | 3 | 43 | 684 | 2848 | |||||
| Shenini-Duirat | 410 | 80 | 20 | 3 | 300 | 1960 | 1 | ||||
| Guermasa | 460 | 80 | 30 | 8 | 170 | 1150 | |||||
| Uderma. | ⎧ ⎨ ⎩ | Hamidia | 287 | 60 | 25 | 255 | 890 | ||||
| Uled-Debab | 389 | 150 | 20 | 200 | 2000 | ||||||
| Deghagha | 585 | 250 | 10 | 34 | 300 | 300 | |||||
| Uled Shada | 330 | 125 | 42 | 320 | 1200 | ||||||
| Suabria-Duirat | 153 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 800 | |||||
| Beni Barka | 125 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 240 | |||||
| Zedra | 117 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 360 | |||||
| Gatufa | 130 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 400 | |||||
| Jelidat | ⎧ ⎨ ⎩ | Uled-Lazareg | |||||||||
| Uled-Aun | 302 | 100 | 4 | 50 | 300 | 1100 | |||||
| Uled-Ashiri | |||||||||||
| Quadid | 125 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 80 | 600 | |||||
| Duiri | 1357 | 63 | 54 | 10 | 280 | 3400 | |||||
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