Tunic
in classical antiquities, a very ancient form of garment in constant use among the Greeks and ultimately adopted by the Romans. The Ro- TUNIS 528 (Scheibler-medium) to 540 and 544 (Philharmonic).
TUNIS a country of north Africa, now a French protectorate; bounded on the N. and N. E. by the Mediterranean, on the S. E. by Tripoli, and on the W. and S. W. by Algeria; area, estimated at 51,000 square miles; pop. about 1,900,000.
The coast line presents three indentations, forming the Bay of Tunis on the N., and those of Hammamet and Cabes or the Lesser Syrtis on the E. The N.
W. portion of the country is traversed by the Atlas Mountains, lower slopes have many fertile tracts, partly under culture. Between these mountains and the Gulf of Hammamet on the E. stretches the extensive plain or plateau of Kairwan. The only river of any consequence is the Mejerdah. In 1900 there were 883 miles of railway, of which 866 belong to the state. the Atlas Mountains, which on their man tunic was a sort of shirt worn under the toga, and buckled round the waist by a girdle. It reached an inch or two below the knees, and the sleeves were so short that they merely covered the shoulders; for though tunics hang- uable. The manufactures consist chiefly ing down to the ankles (tunicæ talares), and with sleeves extending to the wrists and terminating in fringes (tunicatx manicatæ et fimbriatæ) were not un- Known toward the close of the republic, they were always regarded as indications of effeminate foppery.