JERBA  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island off the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa in the Gulf of See also:

• GABES

Gabes, forming See also:

• PART

part of the regency of See also:

• TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis)

Tunisia . It is separated from the mainland by two narrow straits, and See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save for these channels blocks the entrance to a large See also:

• BIGHT (O. Eng. bight, bend; cf. Ger. Bucht, a bay, and beugen, to bend)

bight identified with the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• TRITON

Triton of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . The western strait, opening into the Gulf of Gabes, is a mile and a See also:

• HALF

half broad; the eastern strait is wider, but at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• WATER

water it is possible to See also:

• CROSS

cross to the mainland by the Tarik-el-Jemil (road of the See also:

• CAMEL (from the Arabic Djemal or the Heb. Gamal)

camel) . The island is irregular in outline, its greatest length and breadth being some 20 m., and its See also:

• AREA

area 425 sq. m . It contains neither See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers nor springs, but is supplied with water by See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells and cisterns . It is See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and well wooded with date palms and See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive trees . Pop . 35,000 to 40,000, the bulk of the inhabitants being See also:

• BERBERS

Berbers . Though many of them have adopted Arabic a See also:

• BERBER

Berber See also:

• IDIOM (Gr. t&%wµa, something peculiar and personal; lbws, one's own, personal)

idiom is commonly spoken . An See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity exists between the Berbers of Jerba and the Beni Mzab . About 3000 See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews live apart in villages of their own, and some 400 Europeans, chiefly Maltese and Greeks, are settled in the island . Jerba has a considerable reputation for the manufacture of the woollen tissues interwoven with See also:

• SILK

silk which are known as See also:

• BURNOUS (from the Arab. burnus)

burnous stuffs; a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of See also:

• SPONGES

sponges is held from See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November till See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March; and there is a considerable export See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, See also:

• DATES

dates, See also:

• FIGS

figs and other fruits .

The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, trading centre and usual landing-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place are at Haumt-es-Suk (market See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter) on the north See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the island (pop . 2500) . Here are a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval fort, built by the Spaniards in 1284, and a See also:

• MODERN

modern fort, garrisoned by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . Gallala, to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south; is noted for the manufacture of a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white pottery, much prized . At El Kantara (the See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge) on the eastern strait, and formerly connected with the mainland by, a See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway, are extensive ruins of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city—probably those of Meninx, once a flourishing seaport . Jerba is the Lotophagitis or See also:

• LOTUS

Lotus-eaters' Island of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Roman geographers, and is also identified with the Brachion of Scylax . The modern name appears as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in Sextus Aurelius See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Jerba was contested by the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, the Spaniards and the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, the Turks proving victorious . In i 56o after the destruction of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish 'See also:

• FLEET

fleet off the coast of the island by Piali See also:

• PASHA

Pasha and the See also:

• CORSAIR (through the Fr. from the Med. Lat. cursarius, a pirate; cursus, or cursa, from currere, to run, being Late Latin for a plundering foray)

corsair Dragut the Spanish See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison at Haumt-es-Suk was exterminated, and a See also:

• PYRAMID

pyramid, 10 ft. broad at the See also:

• BASE

base and 20 ft. high, was built of their skulls and other bones . In 1848 this pyramid was pulled down at the instance of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian community, and the bones were buried in the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery . In See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, from the Arab invasion in the 7th century Jerba shared the fortunes of Tunisia . See H .

See also:

• BARTH
• BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865)
• BARTH, KASPAR VON (1587-1658)

Barth, Wanderungen durch See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Kiistenl. See also:

• DES

des Mittelmeeres (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1849) ; and H. von See also:

• MALTZAN, HEINRICH VON, BARON ZU WARTENBURG UND

Maltzan, Reise in See also:

• TUNIS

Tunis and Tripolis (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1870) .