Jerba

Jerba, or Gerba (Anc. Meninx), an island in the Mediterranean, lying close to the coast of Tunis on the S. side of the Gulf of Cabes. It is 22 miles in length from E. to W., and 14 miles in breadth, and is thickly populated. Shawls and woollen goods are manufactured, and many cattle are reared. Besides a triumphal arch of Antoninus, the island contains acurious pyramid of Spanish skulls, erected to commemorate the defeat of Medina Coeli and Andrea Doria by the Turks in 1558.