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TUNIS.

of food to Eastern nations than wheat or other cereals toourselves.—B. E.]

80. —19 Gerby blankets. 7 Arab mantles. 13 shawls.

4 blankets, 1 of Tunisian manufacture.

81. —25 bottles of Begia snuff. 1 bottle of ink.

82. —31 Arab tents. 14 hags for feeding horses, usedby Arabs . This tent, with a number of native agricul-tural implements, weapons, -water-holders, &c., is repre-sented in the illustration on the next page.

83. —1 velvet saddle, embroidered with gold, and 1

embroidered with silver. 2 plated stirrups, used by Bed-ween Arabs . 2 iron bridle pieces, of different sorts. 7water-holders, used on horseback, embroidered with gold,&c. 6 gun locks, with silver and copper. 2 gold foot-

rings. 2 bracelets. 4 lizard skins. 1 complete Arab belt, &c. 2 smoking pipe-guards, embroidered. 2 leather

cushions. 1 hatchet. 1 scythe. Arab bracelets, withsilver. 5 foot-rings for girls. 1 ring, used by Arabs totie up their waist-girths. Various Arab bracelets, ofsilver, &c. 2 pah* of foot-rings, silver, 2 Tripoline style.

2 pins, 2 ear-rings, the same. 1 pair of pins and breastornaments. 2 car-rings. Another sort of Arab breastornaments. 1 pah* of gun locks, with Arab ornaments.1 silver breast-ring, with which Arab women tic theirjoubbas. 2 silver ornaments for the head. 1 boy’s belt.

1 looking-glass, as used by Arabs , and other silver orna-

ments. (A group of these ornaments is shown in theadjoining illustration.) Specimens of essences, &c. 11

meticals Tunisian otto of roses. 12 of the same, jas-min. 12 of the same, mixed essences. 11J of the same,quinces. 11 of the same, of the white rose. 10 of thesame, of Benjamin. 11 of the same, of oranges. 13 ofthe same, of essence of aloes. 12| of the same, of essenceof apples. Hi of musk. 500 amber lozenges. 300 ofthe same. 5 amber necklaces. 2 ounces of pomatum,made with musk and aloes. 5 of the same, jasmin. 2imeticals of otto of jasmin. 4 ounces of saffron. 1 com-plete bornus, of Gerid.

84 ,.—Specimen of the Karouba tree. 25 lbs of dried figs.

85.—Henna leaves; and in powder.

80.—A well-block. 5 sieves, of different sorts. 1 Turk-ish pike, or measure for cloth. 1 Arab , of the same.

87 . —4 parasols, with ostrich feathers. 2 of the same,in red silk. 12 ladies’ shoes. 9 gentlemen’s slippers. 35ounces of cord. 25 ounces of thread. 3 sieves.

88. —lOlbs. ready-cut smoking-tobacco. 10lbs. in leaves.10 lbs. of Begia. 10 lbs. of Toborsoolc. 10 lbs. of Korba.10 lbs. of Abidy. 10 lbs. of Aitliy, for snuff. 1 bag, withhay seed.

89. —Jars, with pickled raisins and meat.

90. —Jars, with sausages, raisins, and meat.

91. —Lime. 1 jar, with gunpowder.

92. —6 lions’ skins. 2 leopard skins. 1 small blackskin, in pieces. 2 boxes, with ostrich feathers. 1 skinof a wild sheep.

93. —1 saddle, embroidered with silver and gold. 2 silverstirrups, for mules’ saddles. 2 silver chains, for mules.

5 pair of home clogs, embroidered. 2 belts. 1 em-broidered cushion.

94 . —Gentlemen ’s full dresses, embroidered with gold.

2 breast embroideries, for ladies’ dresses. Tobaceo-bags,of various patterns, embroidered. 7 comb-guards, em-broidered. A beautiful specimen of a complete Moorishbelt. A general-officer’s belt. Birst, second, third, andfourth rank civil officers’ belts. A major’s belt. A lieute-nant-colonel’s belt. 6 under-caps. 2 pairs of woollenstockings. 1 pail* of slippers. £ lb of k-hol, a collyrium,used for blackening the eyelids.

95 . —1 box, containing a round piece of worked marble.

96 to 100.—5 pieces, being various sorts of timber from

Tabarca. 1 piece of cypress wood.

101 . —1 box, containing garlic, and red and ground

pepper. »

102 . —Haricots. Dro.4, a grain much cultivated at

Tunis.

103. —Fenugreek. Chick peas. Lentils. Black ha-ricots.

104. —Beans. Carroway. Gammam, much used for

dyeing. Coriander.

105. —Pistachios.

106. —Bamia, and other seeds.

107. —Dry Muscatelle raisins. Hal'd almonds.

108. —Another sort of almonds.

109. —Dry raisins. A paste made with raisins.

110. —Seeds of various sorts.

111. —Mlonkliia, used for cooking, in loaves.

112 to 134.—Boxes, containing various sorts of dates,in baskets.

135. —Pomegranates.

136. —Medicinal herbs, produced in the regency.

137. —One box, with tanning materials. Groundmloukliia and cotton. 2 scissors, used in the red capmanufacture. 19 large spinning spindles. 9 smallerspinning spindles. 2 hair sieves. 5 plate covers, madeby the negroes. 25 of the same, smaller. 1 junk waiter.Some swak, used by Moorish women for whitening theirteeth.

138. —29 small bundles of swak.

139 to 148.—627 pieces of common earthenware, ofNabel and Gerby.

149. —2 jugs, with red Gafsa pepper. The same, ofNabel manufacture. 1 basket of common salt and impuresoda.

150, 151.—2 boxes, with sponges.

152. —25 bottles of mineral waters of Hamman Ellen’f,near Tunis.

153. —22 bottles of the mineral waters of Ivorbus.

154. —Preserved fish.

155. —4 jars of honey.

156. —2 jars of preserved olives.

157. —Various sorts of preserved fish.

158. —Preserved raisins.

159. 160, 161.—Jars of olives.

162. —4 jars of salt butter, and 10 smoking pipes.

163. — 4 jars ofhoneycombs.

164. —A comb and a well-block.

165. —Common salt.

[Sir G. Temple remarks of a saline district in this re-gency, that he found a considerable area covered with acompact unbroken mass of salt of considerable depth. Insome parts it was so hard as to baffle all attempts atbreaking its surface, except with a pickaxe. He adds,“ The salt is considerably weaker than that of the sea, andis not adapted to preserving provisions, though its flavouris very agreeable.”—B. E.]

166. —Gypsum.

167. —1 millstone.

168. —Building and lime stones, and bricks.

169. —Common dark gypsum, used for building.

170. —Gypsum, not entirely macerated, used for build-ing mills, &c., as a very strong cement.

171. —Best gypsum, called Naksha, for making arabes-ques, and other ornaments.

172-176.—Hard soap, of various sorts.

178, 179, 180—Junk and straw works, common mats,mats used at prayers, bucket-covers, straw saddles, bagsfor putting on camels, horses, &c., and agricultural implc"ments.

181.—Goat’s hair.

1S2.—Cow’s hair.

183. —50 lbs yellow wax.

184. —Junk mats.

185. —50 lbs of tallow.

186. —An ostrich’s skin.

187. —10i metals of oil, called Bcldy.

188. —10-1 metals of oil, called Darbma.

189. —345 lbs of soft soap.

A bale (152 lbs) of camel’s hair.