M. Houston, late Trench Resident at Tunis, says it is a great error to suppose women in Tunis are Tery beautiful. They are, he says, awufully fat—that is all. Before a girl marries they confine her in a room and fatten her up, as they do ducka and geese in other countries. To be a matrimonial "catch" a girl of 16 must weigh at least 100 kiloe (2001b5.) I hare seen many young brides of 15 or 16 who *' hare weighed even more than that; but they are not pretty at all.,
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4331, 17 November 1882, Page 3
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