The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . MEDININ. of them; they had long heen abandoned asdwcllino;s. Lastly, I must touch briefly on< a mode of ])nild-ing found on the plains,^ in the villages of Metamerand Medinin, and^vidently deriving its origin fromthe caveTj [Small, oblong, domed houses are built side by. 8 MATMATA MOUNTAINS 115 side ill a square, thus formino- a eomplete citadelof exactly the same form as a cave dwelling ; theplan of cave construction having been copied above-ground.^ In Southern Tunisia there are numerous large
The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . MEDININ. of them; they had long heen abandoned asdwcllino;s. Lastly, I must touch briefly on< a mode of ])nild-ing found on the plains,^ in the villages of Metamerand Medinin, and^vidently deriving its origin fromthe caveTj [Small, oblong, domed houses are built side by. 8 MATMATA MOUNTAINS 115 side ill a square, thus formino- a eomplete citadelof exactly the same form as a cave dwelling ; theplan of cave construction having been copied above-ground.^ In Southern Tunisia there are numerous largevillages, such as Hadeij, Lasheish, Ben Aissa, be-sides some smaller, as, for instance, Judlig, whichare composed exclusively of cave dwellings. Moreover, caves are found mingled with other dwellings in Beni Sultan, Smerten, and Sguimi. LCave dwellings therefore prevail in the valleys, —]and real houses on the mountains^ LFinally, the more primitive caves are found on mountain slopes, as, for instance, at Duirat. The villafi^es that consist of houses are of stone or sun-dried blocks of clay. They stand, as a rule, high on the mountains, and much resemble those of the Kabail in Alo-eria, or the ancient French villao:es on the mountains of AuverQ;ne. CHAPTER VII Feom Gabes to the Oasis of El Hamma— The Shotts Just after I had changed my clothes, the hotel wai
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