The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . J^fe ^%?..^^. SHENINI. Arab, I clambered up to the old and now forsakentown on the top of the mountain. The walls, built of laro-e slabs minefled withsmaller stones, completely enclose the town onevery side, and stand from seven to nine feethigh, rendering it absolutely inaccessible to anenemy. The interior can only be penetrated by climbing DUIRAT 249 a covered way which, ascending higher and higher,leads to a passage so low and narrow that one mustcreep in on all fours. Then on till, with many tu
The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . J^fe ^%?..^^. SHENINI. Arab, I clambered up to the old and now forsakentown on the top of the mountain. The walls, built of laro-e slabs minefled withsmaller stones, completely enclose the town onevery side, and stand from seven to nine feethigh, rendering it absolutely inaccessible to anenemy. The interior can only be penetrated by climbing DUIRAT 249 a covered way which, ascending higher and higher,leads to a passage so low and narrow that one mustcreep in on all fours. Then on till, with many turn-ings through bewildering chambers and passages, theuppermost houses are reached, and thence the streets,which are no wider than a mans breadth. 1 Now all lies in ruins, and one can climb overthe crumbling walls and up on to the few flatroofs which still hold together, but are dangerousfooting. From the roofs I could see over mountain andvale to the plain, and the blue peaks on thesouthern horizon. Looking far down the precipice at my feet, Isaw% through the spreading smoke that floatedupwards from the
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