. Discovery. Science. DISCOVERY 333 recognised as the special protectors of holy places, but this does not prevent their looting them when funds run low ! The Ait' Atta, for example, the most redoubtable Beraber confederation, not long ago sacked the " sacred city " of Tamgrut, on the Draa, which was under their ?egis. The exceptions referred to above as to government by kaids are the four great kaidates of the Atlas— Glawa, Gundafa, Mtuga, and Menaba—with some others on the western coast. These Atlas kaids remarkably resemble mediaeval barons, and rule their peoples in feudal style.
. Discovery. Science. DISCOVERY 333 recognised as the special protectors of holy places, but this does not prevent their looting them when funds run low ! The Ait' Atta, for example, the most redoubtable Beraber confederation, not long ago sacked the " sacred city " of Tamgrut, on the Draa, which was under their ?egis. The exceptions referred to above as to government by kaids are the four great kaidates of the Atlas— Glawa, Gundafa, Mtuga, and Menaba—with some others on the western coast. These Atlas kaids remarkably resemble mediaeval barons, and rule their peoples in feudal style. The two first, who are much the most important, dwell in crenellated fortresses of striking architecture, unlike other buildings in Morocco, possibly Phoenician in origin. They are only nominally antagonists for European troops, alike in their own land and on the fields of France and Flanders. For many years, in spite of attempts to stop them, they have been smuggling in European arms ( Gras and Martini rifles) and gunpowder, to supplement or supersede their native-made flintlocks and powder, their primitive curved daggers and billhooks. Whole villages or tribes have clubbed together to buy rifles, and regular firing-practices are held. During the Great War, to the discredit of Spanish neutrality, German arms and military instructors were allowed to pass freely through the Spanish zone—an action which has recoiled on the heads of the ill-fated Spanish troops in the late campaign. On several occasions in the past, the tribesmen have only yielded to heavy. 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
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