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 of Kabyle schoolboys, who, capped with red fezes, look more like a bed of poppies than ought else.

A number of these schools have been established in the mountains, and an attempt is being made to supplement the meager, almost useless, instruction received by the children from their native teachers. We are told that the intelligence and aptness of many of the pupils promise much for the future of the Kabyle race, a brave, industrious people lacking only education to make them worthy citizens of the nation to which they now owe allegiance.

THE MARABOUT ON THE MOUNTAIN

Still guided by our little friend, we reached an hour later the retreat of a famous "Marabout," or saint, perched on an isolated peak. The power of the Marabouts, self-appointed