THE TROGLODYTES OF SOUTHERN TUNISIA 
further south, bringing ostrich feathers, 
red tanned gazelle skins, leather cushions 
and embroidered slippers, and highly 
prized whips of rhinoceros hide. It is 
the great meeting place of the Troglo- 
dytes. The large market at Kebli, caid- 
ship of Nefzaoua, acts as a bourse and 
-determines the prices over extreme south- 
ern Tunisia. A printed paper in Arabic 
and French gives the prices at Kebli 
from May 15 to June 15, IQII. 
‘Sheep to be sold (1,000), 15 to 20 francs. 
Lambs of this year (5,000), 8 to 12 francs. 
‘Goats (5,000), 10 to 11 francs. 
Young kids (5,000), 3 to 5 francs. 
Camels (200), 100 to 150 francs. 
Melted goat’s butter, 1 franc 50 centimes a kilo- 
gram. 
Prices of meat as I wrote these notes, 
May 20, IoII: 
‘Spring lamb, one kilogram (equals 
pounds), 65 centimes. 
Goat, one kilogram, 42 to 45 centimes. 
Mutton, one kilogram, 55 centimes. 
Chicken, 85 centimes to 1 franc 25 centimes 
each. 
One dozen eggs, 40 centimes. 
21/5 
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Photo by Frank Edward Johnson 
THE TOWN OF SIDI-ABDALLAH BON GELIDA, BETWEEN FOUM TATAHOUINE AND 
DOUIRAT: WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE PULLING UP WATER 
One kilogram of bread, 40 centimes. 
Forty-liters of wheat (40 liters being an Arab 
measure), I1 francs 20 centimes. 
Forty liters of barley cost 5 francs 40 
centimes. A good mule costs from 300 
to 500 francs; a large size cow, weighing 
from 100 to 120 kilograms, 100 francs; 
a horse, from 80 to 600 francs. Wool 
costs about 70 centimes a kilogram; olive 
oil varies from 75 centimes to 1.40 cen- 
times a liter. Salt, tobacco, gunpowder, 
playing cards, and matches are monopo- 
lies in France and her colonies. In 
Tunisia salt is sold for to francs for 100 
kilograms, equal to 225 pounds; table 
salt, Io centimes a package of 200 grams; 
matches, 5 to 10 centimes a box; tobacco, 
the prices vary according to the quality.* 
For game one finds hares, partridges, 
quail, and wild duck; gazelles and ‘“‘mon- 
* One franc equals 20 cents; 100 centimes 
make one franc; so 5 centimes is equal to one 
cent of United States currency. Fight kilo- 
meters equal 5 English miles; 1 kilometer 5% 
of a mile; 1 liter equals a trifle over one quart; 
1 kilogram equals 21/5 pounds. 
