Part 47

Six pair of morocco leather boots, embroidered 6

Six woollen girdles 12

Six white haïks worn over the head 6

Six benica, or silken hoods 6 douros.

Six aâsaba, or thread cord by which the women fasten the haouly, or white haïk, over their heads 2

Six pair of kholkhale, or silver anklets, 20 douros the pair 120

Six pair of souar, or bracelets, 7 douros the pair 42

Twelve bezima, or silver buckles, used by women to fasten the haïk, 6 douros the pair 36

Six bezimat el gueursi, or throat buckles, used to fasten the haouly under the chin after it has encircled the head 12

Twelve ounaiss, or silver ear-rings set in coral. Every woman wears two pair 24

Six mekhranga, or necklaces of coral and pieces of money 48

Six necklaces of cloves interspersed with coral 5

Six zenzela, or silver chains with a small circular plate in the middle, called "the scorpion:" the chain stretches from ear to ear 18

Six kuerrabar, or silver boxes which the women hang from their necks, and in which they put musk and benjamin 18

Eighteen khatem, or silver rings 6

Six melyaca, or bracelets of djamous horn 6

Women in the desert do not wear any ornaments of gold; the whole of their jewelry is in silver.

Total 815 douros.

The arms for seven men are:

Five guns for the masters, procured from Algiers, and mounted in silver 100 douros.

Two guns for the servants 20

Five sabres, two of them mounted in silver 40

Five pistols, two of them mounted in silver 35

Four pistols for the negroes 1

Four sabres for the negroes 12

Total 219 douros.

Harness and horsemen's equipment consist of:

One saddle for the master 100 douros.