The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . )hotographicapparatus, and especially an entomological syringe,underwent careful in-vestigation. But I could notafibrd to sit and idlethe time away, sowent out to look aboutme. Throuoh HamedI expressed my desireto examine the in-terior of a dwelling,and was promised that1 should see every-thing ; but severaltimes we passed thesquare openings on the tops of the hills, as alsothe entrancts to houses, without anyone niakiuga si on to us to enter. At last we arrived at a house into which I wasinvited.
The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . )hotographicapparatus, and especially an entomological syringe,underwent careful in-vestigation. But I could notafibrd to sit and idlethe time away, sowent out to look aboutme. Throuoh HamedI expressed my desireto examine the in-terior of a dwelling,and was promised that1 should see every-thing ; but severaltimes we passed thesquare openings on the tops of the hills, as alsothe entrancts to houses, without anyone niakiuga si on to us to enter. At last we arrived at a house into which I wasinvited. ()n the whole it much resembled thatfrom which we came, and was inhabited bv aJew and a poor Berber family. The yard was dirty ; cooking utensils lay. JEWISH FAMILY IX A CAVE DWELLINGIN llADEIJ. 44 CAVE DWELLERS scattered about, intermingled with a few rushcorn-bins and some goats and poultry. A woman, old, wrinkled, and tattooed, andboth hideous and dirty, was brought forward forme to see. It was, of course, the Jews wife. Hisfellow-lodgers, the Berbers, 1 did not see ; but asI stepped into the dwelling, a vision of blue skirtsand bare legs vanished into the side caves. Already I began to feel impatient and to fearthat I was Ijeing made a fool of and should neversee, as I longed to do, where and how the Berberslived. Fortunately I had later a splendid op})or-tunity of studying the whole subject. Accom^janied l)y two sons of the Khalifa andsome other persons I walked round the valley andu]» the slopes, whence I could peer down into thecaves at the l)ottom of the valley, and could seewomen going through the entrances to their dwell-ings, to the palm and olive trees, followed by dogsand inquisitive children. My camera 1 iiad with me,
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