TRIBES IN A^DERE^K. 
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IV.--MOORISH TRIBES IN a'dERER. 
A'derer is a rather elevated district, composed of sandhills 
grouped round a considerable range of hills, as its name, 
meaning the mountain range, indicates, which is the same 
as that of the district lying between A^zawad and A^ir, 
being" distinguished from it only by a slight difference in the 
pronunciation. It is encircled towards the north by the awful 
zone of immense sandhills, called " Maghter," and towards 
the south by another similar, but less sterile girdle, called 
" Waran," both these districts joining towards the east of 
A^derer, at a point called El Gedam," at the distance of 
six days from Wadan, in going from east to west: — Met- 
weshtiye, first day ; Maderas hasi, second ; Amasit, third ; 
Zwiri wen Zwemra, fourth ; Wadan, sixth day, having passed 
a good many wells. Between A'derer and El Hodh, and 
separated from that district of El Hodh which is called El 
Batn, by a range of hills to the north of Taganet, there is a 
very extensive valley, or valley- plain, called Khat e' dem, 
running, as it seems, about east and west, along the northern 
foot of the ridge of A^lerer, at the south foot of which lies 
El Hodh, with abundance of wells, and even a couple of 
ksur, or perpetually inhabited villages. The following is a 
list of a few of these localities : — 
Mochenge, shallow well, with a ksar belonging to the 
Gesima. Belle, well, and ksar inhabited by Bambara (As- 
wanek?). These on the south side of the Khat, where there 
are a great number of shallow but full wells, of which the 
group called Khat el Moina is one of the most considerable. 
In the middle course of the Khat there is O^fani, a large 
dhaye, or tank; Fetele, Kebi, Zorugo, all tanks; but the 
largest of these tanks is U'm el Medek, which lies on the 
road from the celebrated Bir Nwal to Wadan, then Twesh- 
tair and El Bahera, also large tanks ; on the west side of the 
Khat there is the large well Tishti. The breadth of this 
celebrated valley, with whose excellency the wandering Arab 
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