CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.WITH DRUMMOND HAY IN TUNIS[1]
II.SUSA[5]
III.FROM SFAX TO GABÉS[17]
IV.FROM GABÉS TO THE MATMATA MOUNTAINS[32]
V.RETURN TO GABÉS[59]
VI.OF THE MATMATA MOUNTAINS AND THEIR INHABITANTS[93]
VII.FROM GABÉS TO THE OASIS OF EL HAMMA—THE SHOTTS[116]
VIII.THE OASIS OF EL HAMMA[129]
IX.OVER AGLAT MERTEBA TO THE MATMATA MOUNTAINS[152]
X.BRIDAL FESTIVITIES IN HADEIJ[158]
XI.OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE PLAIN FROM HADEIJ TO METAMER[197]
XII.METAMER AND MEDININ[217]
XIII.SOUTHWARDS OVER THE PLAIN TO TATUIN[233]
XIV.DUIRAT[243]
XV.THE TUAREG[253]
XVI.BACK TO TUNIS[274]
XVII.TUNIS[285]
SUPPLEMENT—THE TRIBES OF TUNISIA: A SYNOPSIS[292]
COSTUMES—THE DRESS OF THE COUNTRYWOMEN[324]
POSTSCRIPT[334]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE BEY OF TUNIS[Frontispiece]
DRUMMOND HAY, BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL AT TUNIS[3]
SUSA[8]
TWO KHRUMIR WOMEN[13]
AT SFAX[20]
TOWER IN THE VILLAGE OF MENZEL[24]
JEWESSES AT MENZEL[25]
ON THE OASIS OF GABÉS[28]
WASHERWOMEN AT THE JARA BRIDGE[30]
MAP OF SOUTHERN TUNISIA[33]
PLOUGHING—GABÉS[37]
JEWISH FAMILY IN A CAVE DWELLING IN HADEIJ[43]
CAVES IN MATMATA[45]
A CAVE DWELLING, MATMATA[46]
THE BRIDAL FESTIVITIES[49]
HOLD UP![59]
EXCAVATED STABLE[62]
BERBER WOMAN OF THE VILLAGE OF JUDLIG[65]
A CAVE INTERIOR[66]
FALCONERS[77]
MANSUR[100]
SECTIONS OF DWELLING IN MATMATA WHERE I LIVED—PLAN[103]
MEDININ[112]
BEDOUIN WOMEN GROUPED BEFORE THEIR HUT[113]
AT GABÉS[117]
IN THE MOUNTAINS—ON THE ROAD TO AIN HAMMAM[120]
REARING[156]
CAMEL WITH CANOPY[169]
THE BRIDE ESCORTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS[176]
FANTASIA[179]
A STREET IN BENI BARKA[219]
MEDININ[224]
DUIRAT[245]
SHENINI[248]
A HALT IN THE DESERT—TENT OF A TRIBAL CHIEF[251]
A TUAREG[254]
A TUAREG[262]
MOORISH WOMEN IN A STREET IN TUNIS[289]

THE CAVE DWELLERS OF
SOUTHERN TUNISIA