THE ROCLODYES OF SOULHERN. TUNISIA 
Photo by Frank Edward Johnson 
ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE OF SHEIK FERDJANI OF MATMATA 
ing carts, and steam rollers are to be seen 
at frequent intervals. A Sudanese stone- 
breaker receives one franc per cubic 
meter of finely broken stone. He sits 
naked save for a short cotton tunic and 
an old red fez, and with a small hammer 
pounds away all day long, singing or 
crooning to himself a Sudanese love 
song. 
These men in “extreme southern Tu- 
nisia” live in “gourbis” on the roadside, 
and some have their wives and families 
with them. ‘They are extremely fond of 
cigarettes, and as I rode past on horse- 
back would frequently ask for one. A 
cart and mule, with negro or Arab driver, 
receives 4 francs 50 centimes a day of 
to hours for carting stone. A man that 
pulls the stones out of the ground re- 
ceives I franc 25 centimes per day. In 
