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The Welad Aberi or Abiyerl, a powerful tribe with a 
respected chief called El Sheikh Sadiye," who resides ge- 
nerally near the well Bu-Telimit, mentioned above as belong- 
ing to the district El A^biar, and distant about seven days 
S.W. from Wadan and nine from Ojuft. 
The Temekket : — 
Idaw el Hassan. 
Idejfaga. 
Ijejebo. 
Tenderar. 
Teshimsha. 
El Barek- Allah. 
Limtuna, who are likewise still numerous in Aftot^ 
speaking Arabic. Other sections of the Limtuna^ 
but who are now scattered over various portions of the 
desert, are, besides the Meshedtif : the Ide-lebo, 
belonging to the group of Shemman-A'mmas, the 
Ide-silli, the Udeshen, the Becltikel or Ibedtikel^ the 
Ledem, Twaber and the Welad Moluk. 
VI. — MOORISH TRIBES IN MAGH-TER AND TIRIS. 
Tiris — a word meaning in Temashight the shallow well-— 
is separated from El Giblah, as I have stated above, by Magh- 
ter, a girdle of immense sandhills stretching almost from the 
sea shore as far east as five days beyond Wadan, and varying 
in breadth from three to five days. Tiris is very much of the 
same nature as El Giblah, being destitute of water in the dry 
season, but presenting sufficient herbage for the camel ; how- 
ever, the whole tract does not present one and the same cha- 
racter, the western part, or " Tirls el Khawara," being much 
dryer than the eastern portion, which extends from the hasi 
" El Auj," to near Tjil, and is called " Tiris el Firar." In these 
two districts, there cannot be any permanent dwelling-places, 
but there are two localities w^orth mentioning, which occasion- 
ally become the scenes of much life and bustle. These are the 
harbour called A'gadir Dome and the sebkha of Tjil. The 
