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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Eehnert and Landrock 



WHERE THE GOLD OF MANY LANDS BECOMES A WEDDING DOWRY 



Among the Ouled Nails, sentiment has little place. In their early youth these girls migrate 

 to the Mediterranean ports, where, as dancers, they entertain the stranger and the wealthy 

 native, and acquire ornaments of gold coins. When their glittering dowry is finally saved, they 

 return to the desert and become dutiful wives in the tents of their own people. 



