Note 79 — THE EARLIEST HISTORY. (continued 2)
Havilland Le Mesurier Chepmell translation
Lyon, Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, Lond. 1821, vol. iv. p. 162, gives that notice. The two tribes which inhabit the town, are the Beni Walid and the Beni Wasid; yet according to his statement, however, it is precisely in war time that the gate in the wall is closed.—Germ. Edit.