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 the Shott. ⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ 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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