KEF  , more correctly El-Kef (the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock), a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis)

Tunisia, 125 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.S.W. of the See also:

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

capital, and 75 M . S.E. of See also:

• BONA (BONE)
• BONA, JOHN (1609-1674)

Bona in See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria . It occupies the site of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Sicca Veneria, and is built on the steep slope of a rock in a mountainous region through which flows the Mellegue, an affluent of the Mejerda . Situated at the intersection of See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main routes from the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, Kef occupies a position of strategic importance . Though distant some 22 M. from the Algerian frontier it was practically a border See also:

• POST

post, and its walls and citadel were kept in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence by the Tunisians . The town with its See also:

• HALF

half-dozen mosques and tortuous, dirty streets, is still partly walled . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall has however been destroyed by the See also:

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

French, and the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder is being See also:

• LEFT

left to decay . Beyond the part of the wall destroyed is the French See also:

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

quarter . The kasbah, or citadel, occupies a rocky See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence on the west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the town . It was built, or rebuilt, by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, the material being Roman . It has been restored by the French, who maintain a See also:

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

garrison, here . The Roman remains include fragments of a large See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple dedicated to See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules, and of the See also:

• BATHS

baths .

The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient cisternsremain, but are empty, being used as part of the See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks . The town is however supplied by See also:

• WATER

water from the same See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring which filled the cisterns . The See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

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

cemetery is on the site of a See also:

• BASILICA

basilica . There are ruins of another Christian basilica, excavated by the French, the See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse being intact and the See also:

• NARTHEX (Gr. vapOr7E, the name of the plant giant=fennel, in Lat. ferula)

narthex serving as a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . Many stones with Roman See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions are built into the walls of Arab houses . The See also:

• MODERN

modern town is much smaller than the Roman colony . Pop. about 6000, including about 100 Europeans (chiefly Maltese) . The Roman colony of Sicca Veneria appears from the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of its See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of See also:

• VENUS

Venus (Val . Max. ii . 6, § 15)to have been a Phoenician See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement . It was afterwards a Numidian stronghold, and under the Caesars became a fashionable residential See also:

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

city and one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centres of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity in 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 . The Christian apologist See also:

• ARNOBIUS (" the younger ")
• ARNOBIUS (called Afer, and sometimes " the Elder ")

Arnobius the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

Elder lived here .

See H . See also:

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

Barth, See also:

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

Die Kiistenlander See also:

• DES

des Mittelmeeres (1849); Corpus Inscript . See also:

• LAT

Lat., vol. viii . ; Sombrun in See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull. de la See also:

• SOC

soc. de geog. de See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux (1878) . Also See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• NEWMAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM (1805-1897)
• NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY (1801-1890)

Newman's Callista: a See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch of the Third See also:

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

Century (1856), for a " reconstruction " of the manner of See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

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

early Christians and their oppressors .