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Tazenakhi, traversed by the rivor of like name, and TtHnent, an aliuoKt unhrokcn forest watered by nunierouH sprinj^K, The Tiusfnt Iliver in jHTt-nnial, but to brackiiih that the natives Mup{)OHe it flows from the sea. Althouj^h calling them- selves Shellahas, the inhabitants are nearly all Haratins, who wear a blue kesh- kaba (snuKk) like the Sudanese Nej,'roes. They are famed for their religious zeal, their great ambition being to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. The pastoral and agricultural Berbers of the neighbouring hills b(>l<mg to the great Zenaga (Sanhoja) family, whoso name they bear. Proud of their origin, they keep aloof from contact with aliens, and all 8j>eak Tamazight exclusively. De Foucauld describes them as a tall thin i)eople, athletic but ill-favoured, with a deep bronze complexion. They are feared as warriors, although less so than the Dui- Belial Arabs of the plain, present suzerains and protectors of theTissent oasis. These Arabs, formerly without rivals between the Atlas and the Niger, have been so reduced by intestine strife, that in ISH.'j, at the time of De Foucauld's visit, the tribe could muster no more than eighteen hundred armed men. For the purity of their Arab speech, handsome features, graceful carriage, and courteous manners, they are distinguished above all other nomads of South Marocco. West of Tissent follows the Tuffa oasis, which has been almost ruined by the Dui-Bellals, who when called in as allies remained as oppressors. Tatta is the largest oasis between the Draa and the Atlantic, but is divided into several distinct groups surrounded by tlie desert. Like Akka, which lies farther west near the sources of the Nun, it has ceased to be one of the centres of tnule between Mogador and Timbuktu. The Jewish jewellers of Akka were fonnerly noted for their artistic skill ; but arts and commerce have alike perished, and the {leople now depend exclusively on the produce of their ])alm groves. Here was bom the Rabbi Mardochai, one of the few travellers that have described their visit to Timbuktu. Mkimixia — Fekki.a. At present the chief market in the Wed Draa region is Mriminin [Rahunimia), lying south of the Beni range on the We<l Zeguid, a |)erennial stream abounding in tish. The influential zawya of Sidi Abd- Allah, with the shrines of his ancestors, forms the centre of the village, round whih are grouj)ed the huts of the free Haratins and slaves. The annual fair of Mriminia, which lasts three days, is fre- quented by traders from every part of the Draa and Sils basins, and from Tafilelt. It is second in importance only to that of Sidi llammed-ben-Musa in the Tazzerult district. Between the two lies the market of Suk-el-Muluk. in the territory of the Ait-Yussa tribe. East of the long Wed Draa oasis, the chief Berber peoples are the warlike Ait- Sedrats and Ait-Attas, nomads on the steppe, settled agriculturists in the riverain tracts along the Todra, Zis, and other streams, which after meeting in the Tahlelt country are lost in the desert. Among the oases of this region are Todi-a ( Todtjha)^ a narrow strip of cultivated land extending north and N>uth in the depression between the Great Atlas and the southern range, and the far less extensive Feikhy