4o6 SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.— H. 



Mr. W. Fogg. — A tribal market in the Spanish zone of Morocco (12.25). 



Soq l-Tnin d Stdi l-Ycmdni, a traditionally established Monday market 

 held near the siyid (shrine) of Sidi 1-Yemdni, is one of the five largest of the 

 tribal markets, of which there are more than one hundred, in the Spanish 

 zone of Morocco. It is one of the two principal country markets of the 

 ' Arab ' tribal districts (Garbiya, Hlot, Bdawr, Mzora, Bdawa) in the 

 Western plains of the Spanish zone, but is frequented also by Jbala tribes- 

 men (Bni Msauwar, Jbel Hbib, Bni Aros, Bni Gerfat, Ahl Srif) from the 

 neighbouring mountains to the East. It is located at some fifteen miles to 

 the North East, approximately, of Laraiche. 



As far as the short allotted time allows, the paper gives details of (a) 

 the market organisation for public security and legal transactions, (6) the 

 market officials and their functions, (c) the plan of the market by trader 

 and artisan groups (mwdda), (d) characteristics of some of the mwdda, 

 (e) some aspects of the social function and sociological significance of the 

 market, (/) a summary of the changes effected by the Spaniards. 



M. Andre Varagnac and M. Georges Riviere. — Folklore in France 

 (12.40). 



The study of folklore is developing so steadily in most European countries 

 that we constantly find ourselves faced with new problems. 



It is no longer advisable to rely merely on personal initiative ; the work 

 of the individual investigator needs guidance and organisation. Until 

 a comprehensive plan has been agreed upon, many facts will be overlooked 

 and the comparative method may even be rendered useless. 



Therefore it appears necessary to organise our work on a basis of inter- 

 national co-operation. With the view of securing the kind assistance of 

 our colleagues in each country we would suggest the establishment of an 

 International Committee of Folklore Methodology. 

 This Committee would decide : 



on a standard classification of folklore facts ; 

 on a standard index for folklore bibliography ; 

 on a series of facts to be noted on every national folklore atlas ; 

 on a code for the elaboration of folklore maps. 

 If all countries interested at present in folklore research would co-operate 

 in the above tasks, it would be possible, in the near future, for all folklorists 

 to apply the comparative method in the whole field of European facts. 



Afternoon. 



Dr. Margaret Murray. — Excavations at Petra (2.15). 



The Blutezeit of Petra was under the Nabateans, just before and just 

 after the Christian era. Before that period the Petra valley was merely a 

 place of refuge, and not continuously inhabited. Under the Nabateans 

 Petra was the chief meeting place for the caravans trading to the West from 

 Arabia and India. The Nabatean inhabitants lived in caves, in front of 

 which were structures — chambers and courtyards — built of stones. 

 Excavations in caves produced great quantities of fine pottery, both plain 

 and painted. The same kind of pottery in the same large quantity was 

 found in the town dump, which was many feet thick, but the pottery showed 

 no change in form or in painted designs between the pieces found at the 

 top and those at the bottom of the dump. 



