DIABAT.   -^  Tim  ARGAN   FOREST.                  123

We cross a bridge over the Oued Ksob; after a stony stretch,
we come to a fertile region, in which game is very plentiful.

19 k. Dar Harabida, near the fonduk (caravansary) of Bis
Mzflri. Tower of Adamna, a short distance away. — The'country
i^ covered with olive groves, among which native villages are seen
to nestle. Higher up the olives give way to argan-trees. — 26 k.
 

Photo Flandrin.
Environs  of  Mogador  : Tho Sandhills.
 

Sidi Tlaa. — 28 k. Zauia of Sidi Ahmed El Amri. The forest
of argan-trees grows more and more dense.

38 k. Suk Et Tleta of the Hanshen (tribe of the Shiadma),
native village and mosque dedicated to Sidi Abd Allah Ben
Uasmin.

The country becomes more hilly. In the distance, on the r.,
towers up the Jebel Hadid (p. 115, B). Before we reach Dar
Mokaddam MessaiXd, the argan-tree has practically become the
only tree in the country.

57 k. Ain Taftesht, a caravansary. After an area of mingled
dwarf palms and white heather, the bush begins, interspersed
with wild iuiube-trees.

75 k. takerfamt, with the mosque of Mohammed Ben Abd
Allah in the distance. — To southwards loom up the mountains
of the Mtugui country. The road is hned, here and there, with
farms and tents.