Tafilet; the narrative of a journey of exploration in the Atlas mountains and the oases of the north-west Sahara . s houses are white-washed within, and very few indeed on the outside,the ordinary population being content with a plaster-ing of light mud, which, when well applied, has by nomeans a bad effect, much resembling our plasterwalls in colour and surface. The streets of the Jcsorare usually narrow, and in many cases the houses arebuilt above them, forming dark tunnels, in piercingwhich, if one does not wish to fall into some hole orbang ones head against a low beam, one has to lighta m
Tafilet; the narrative of a journey of exploration in the Atlas mountains and the oases of the north-west Sahara . s houses are white-washed within, and very few indeed on the outside,the ordinary population being content with a plaster-ing of light mud, which, when well applied, has by nomeans a bad effect, much resembling our plasterwalls in colour and surface. The streets of the Jcsorare usually narrow, and in many cases the houses arebuilt above them, forming dark tunnels, in piercingwhich, if one does not wish to fall into some hole orbang ones head against a low beam, one has to lighta match or candle. FondaJcs, or caravanserais, arecommon, usually consisting of large open squares,surrounded by a colonnade supported on rough tahiapillars. The local markets are not held within the ksor,but in the open. There are several large weeklysoks in Tafilet, but that which is by far the mostimportant is the Arbaa, or Wednesday market of 282 TAFILET OR TAFILELT. Mulai Ali Shereef. It lies close to the tomb ofthat saint, and within a short distance of Abu-aam and Eissani. Although, as a rule, the natives. A Corner of a Sok — J/^; bring their small tents^^ai^o^—in which to ex-pose their goods, there are, as Avell, a number ofsmall domed huts built of clay and mud bricks, SIJILMASSA. 283 much resembling beeliives in appearance, the domebeino rather more elono-ated. In this the nativecan sit protected from the fierce rays of the sunand vend his wares. Little rain falls at Tafilet,and these mud hovels are therefore of a permanentnature : so often are the goods displayed for saleperishable from heat, that the}^ are of great benefitto both buyer and seller. Such articles as vegetables,fruit, sugar, candles, matches, &c., would be uselessafter an hour or so of exposure to the sun inTafilet in summer. Some mention must here be made of Sijilmassa,or, as it is now called, Medinat el Aamra, whichfor so many centuries formed the capital of el Hassen during; h
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