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Sir Moses also attended a meeting of the Mogador Committee, at which they agreed to send a letter to the Emperor of Morocco, and to request the Earl of Aberdeen to instruct Mr E. W. Drummond Hay, H.B. Majesty's Consul-General at Tangiers, to forward it to the Emperor.
The Burtons crossed over to Morocco from Gibraltar in a flat-bottomed cattle-tug, only fit for a river; and as the sea was exceedingly heavy, and the machinery had stopped, the sailors said for want of oil, the seas washed right over the boat, and the passage was prolonged from two hours to five. They made many excursions round about Tangiers; but on the whole they were disappointed with Morocco.
Jumbo was willing to try and get off to carry a letter to Tangiers, but he warned them that he might very likely be captured and lose his life in making the attempt, and they were unwilling to expose him to so much danger.
We have here, I believe, quite formed a party to visit another quarter of the Globe a short trip to Africa is at present in agitation. A Capt. Riddel from Gibraltar is one of the promoters, and if we can get to Gibraltar in any decent time you may possibly in my next letter hear some account of the Good Mahometans at Tangiers.
Once or twice they thought they made out the hulls of anchored vessels, but they gave these a wide berth and, when the morning broke, were halfway across the Strait, heading directly for Tangiers. In another six hours they entered the port. There were half a dozen vessels lying in the harbour. Four of these were flying Spanish colours, one was a Dane, and the other a Dutchman.
As for the sun-frog, we may hope that he has sunk for ever beneath the western wave. A modern novelist has boasted that her books are read 'from Tobolsk to Tangiers. This is a wide circulation, but the widest circulation in the world has probably been achieved by a story whose author, unlike Ouida, will never be known to fame.
'It is discreditable, retorted my acquaintance, with a certain severity. 'How long did the English take to conquer the Soudan? remarked the other, somewhat aggressively picking his teeth. 'Twenty years? We conquered Morocco in three months. 'And the Moors are devils, said the commercial traveller. 'I know, because I once went to Tangiers for my firm.
Hour after hour we could hear the blows of mallets and the sawing of beams, mingled with the shoutings and the ribald choruses of the Chief Justice's suite, who were carousing with the officers of the Tangiers regiment in the front room, which overlooked the gibbet.
A damned rebel, and that's enough for me." He flung a command at his dragoons. "Out with him, my lads." Mr. Blood got between the day-bed and the troopers. "In the name of humanity, sir!" said he, on a note of anger. "This is England, not Tangiers. The gentleman is in sore case. He may not be moved without peril to his life." Captain Hobart was amused.
You have your dear children to live for, and that must now be your only thought, and taking care of your health for that purpose. All of us, who love you, are thinking of you and praying for you." Ten days later the trial she so much dreaded had come upon her. And here for a space Lady Burton will speak in her own words. Letter to Miss Bishop from Tangiers, Morocco, February 16, 1886. 3.
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