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This estuary exactly faces the island of Lanzagote in the Canary Archipelago, while the Wed itself has its source at least 330 miles east of Marrakesh in the Atlas highlands. The inhabitants of its basin, estimated by Rohlfs at two hundred

and fifty thousands souls, are almost exclusively of Berber stock and speech, and here is found the Beraber or Braber tribe which has preserved the very name of the race. A few hamlets, however, are exclusively inhabited by Shorfa Arabs,