TENES—BOGHARI.
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probably occupying the site of the old Phœnician settlement, and Tenes, properly so called, standing half a mile farther down at the mouth of the Wed Allula. Ite port, lying to the north-east, forms an artificial basin 60 acres in extent, well sheltered, but inaccessible in rough weather.
Fig. 113. — Tenes.
The inhabitants of the Dahra uplands are mostly of Berber origin, and some of the tribes, such us the Zeriffas and Ashashas, who live near the coast to the south-west of Tenes, till recently spoke a dialect akin to that of the Kabyles, But elsewhere the speech and customs of the Arabs have long prevailed, and most of
