. i ... ^ .1-. i^ PRESS. {By courtesy of tlic French Protectorate Government in Morocco.) viceroys of the Sultan, really independent, and all- powerful in their part of Morocco. The heads of the Glawa have been loyal allies of the French, and the chief maintainers of order in the south in troubled times. Among the other kaids having more than usual power are those of the Abda and Ihahcn (Httha) tribes; the jealous rivalry between two kaids of the latter involved their clans, not long since, in pro- tracted warfare. Martial Prowess The Berbers make fine soldiers, daring, skilful, and capab
. i ... ^ .1-. i^ PRESS. {By courtesy of tlic French Protectorate Government in Morocco.) viceroys of the Sultan, really independent, and all- powerful in their part of Morocco. The heads of the Glawa have been loyal allies of the French, and the chief maintainers of order in the south in troubled times. Among the other kaids having more than usual power are those of the Abda and Ihahcn (Httha) tribes; the jealous rivalry between two kaids of the latter involved their clans, not long since, in pro- tracted warfare. Martial Prowess The Berbers make fine soldiers, daring, skilful, and capable of endurance. They have proved formidable 1 Ait is a Berber collective term, equivalent to the Arabic Belli, or Ulad, children (or people) of . . artillery, but some of them have apparently now cap- tured and learnt to use this themselves. The Berbers are skilled in cavalry tactics, and in sieges and am- bushes ; thej' are good shots at short range, and have, naturally, a great advantage in their intimate know- ledge of the difficult country in which operations are carried on. It must, unhappily, be recorded that, with all their fierce courage, they are also cruel, treacherous, and vindictive, and so greedy for loot that they will plunder their own fallen comrades. Avarice is, indeed, some- what surprisingly, one of the chief vices of the Berbers. Inter-tribal or inter-divisional hostilities are frequent ; the possession of coveted watering places is fought for, or the hidden granaries [silos) of enemy tribes raided and their villages destroyed.
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