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former, being called by the Europeans "Arguin," and seeming 
to be identical with the place called Welili by the Arab 
writers, when visited by a European vessel attracts numbers 
of Arabs, principally of the tribe called Malzen, between 
whom and the strangers the Demesat act as brokers. As for 
the "sebkha" of I^jil, which was discovered it is said about 
sixty years ago, it seems to lie in an opening of the sandhills 
of Magh-ter, which have to be crossed in coming from Wadan 
as well as from Sakiet el Hamra, having, at some distance 
towards the south, a high mountain, on whose top some holy 
person, who was certainly an impostor, is said to have seen a 
grove of palm-trees. It lies about half-way between Wadan 
and Agadir, and has rich layers of salt of a good quality, 
but of black colour, probably of a similar kind to the fourth 
stratum in Taodenni, called ^' El Kahela ;" but there being 
no fresh water nearer than a good day's distance, at El Argiye, 
there is no permanent settlement here, and the Arabs be- 
longing to different tribes, who come in considerable num- 
bers for the salt, endeavour to get off as quickly as possible. 
The Sheikh Sidi Mohammed El Kuntawi, who generally has 
his residence near the well Sidati, exercises a sort of supre- 
macy over the sebkha, and levies a small tribute on those who 
carry away the salt. Besides the sebkha of Tjil there seems 
to be hereabout, perhaps nearer the sea, another sebkha, 
called U^m El Khasheb, and belonging to the Welad Haye 
Ben 'Othman, but its exact position I have not been able to 
make out. Among the Arab tribes wandering about in 
Tiris and Magh-ter, and the adjoining districts, first of all 
must be mentioned the Welad Delem, which tribe seems to 
be the most numerous of all the tribes of the desert. 
Welad Delem being classed into two groups, at least by 
the Arabs of A'zawad, called Welad Maref and Delem 
el A'hmar. To the former group belong the following 
three tribes : — 
Welad Molad, the most numerous section of the W. 
