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TUGGURT

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 365 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TUGGURT , a See also:

town in the See also:Wadi Ghir, Algerian See also:Sahara, 127 m. S. of See also:Biskra. Tuggurt, which has a See also:population (rgo6) of 2073, was formerly surrounded by a See also:moat, which the See also:French filled up. The town is entered by two See also:gates. Just within the See also:northern See also:gate is the See also:market See also:place, which contains the See also:chief See also:mosque. The surrounding See also:oasis is very fertile. It has about woo inhabitants and contains about 200,000 date palms. From Tuggurt a road 75 m. See also:long leads across the See also:desert See also:north-See also:east to El See also:Wad (q.v.). Some 12 M. See also:south-See also:west at the desert end of the Wadi Ghir is the oasis and town of Temacin (pop. 2120), one of the chief centres of the Mussulman fraternity of Tidianes. TUG-OF-See also:WAR, a contest between two teams composed of one or more persons, each team striving to pull the other in its own direction by means of a rope held by the hands alone. Some rules allow the " See also:anchor-men," who hold the ends of the rope, to fasten it to their persons.

A ribbon or handkerchief is tied See also:

round the See also:middle of the rope, and others at a distance, usually, of one yard on each See also:side of it. That team loses which allows itself to be pulled more than one yard from its See also:original position. The See also:British See also:army teams are usually composed of ten men each, but the number varies in different parts of the See also:world. The rules of the See also:modern Olympic See also:Games recognize teams of five. When a tug-of-war takes place out of doors the men, or at least the " anchors," are allowed to dig holes in the ground for their feet; when indoors cleats are bolted to the See also:floor as braces.

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