The adjoining country is entirely destitute of shrubs, or any kind of food for camels, which are therefore sent to graze about five miles off; while in the town, all animals are fed on dates.
Sheep are brought here from Benioleed, and are, in consequence of coming from such a distance, very dear.

In the gardens about three miles from the town, barley, maize, and _gussob ohourra_ are cultivated, as well as a few onions, turnips, and peppers.

The number of flies here are immense, and all the people carry little flappers, made of bunches of wild bulls' hair tied to a short stick, in order to keep those pests at a distance.

The dates all being deposited in store-houses in the town, may account in some degree for the multitude of these insects, which in a few minutes fill every dish or bowl containing any liquid.
The costume is here the same as that of the Bedouins, consisting generally of a shirt and barracan, a red cap, and sandals.

A few, whose circumstances allow of it, dress in the costume of Tripoli.