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The Maroquine ambassador, who was also grand admiral of the Moorish navy, witnessing all the wonders of Paris at the epoch of the Great Monarch, was dazzled with its beauty and magnificence; nevertheless, he remained a good Mussulman.
Very few persons go into the interior, for Maroquine merchants come out of their country to trade. Tangier and Tetuan are not fair specimens of Morocco; they form a transition from Europe to Africa, being neither Spain nor Morocco.
Had the British Government continued its occupation for half a century, and kept in check the Maroquine tribes, it is probable that by this time the greater part of Morocco would have been under British rule, when we might have founded a flourishing colony, from which all North Africa might have received the elements of Christian civilization.
The Mogador Jewesses. Disputes between the Jew and the Moor. Melancholy Scenes. The Jews of the Atlas. Their Religion. Beautiful Women. The Four Wives. Statues discovered. Discrepancy of age of married people. Young and frail fair ones. Superstition respecting Salt. White Brandy. Ludicrous Anecdote. The Maroquine dynasties. Family of the Shereefian Monarchs.
The sherb-errech will continue running three or four days together without any food. It is a slight and spare-formed animal, mostly in wretched condition, with ugly thick legs, and devoid of beauty as a horse. Division of Morocco into kingdoms or States, and zones or regions. Description of the towns and cities on the Maroquine coasts of the Mediterranean and Atlantic waters. The Zafarine Isles.
This, at any rate, is better than cutting off their heads, which, from time immemorial, has been the invariable practice of African and Oriental despots. The Maroquine princes may be thankful they have Tafilett as a place of exile. The Emperors never visit Tafilett except as dethroned exiles.
Very little satisfactory information can be obtained from Maroquine Moors, who would rather mislead than direct you. I endeavoured to open a correspondence with the South on the Anti-Slavery question. At first, I thought of going to Wadnoun on receiving an invitation from the Sheikh, but when I proposed this to Mr.
Rival diplomacy of France and England near the Maroquine Court. Mr. Hay's correspondence with this Court on the Slave-trade. Treaties between Great Britain and Morocco; how defective and requiring amendment. Unwritten engagements. The two different aspects by which the strength and resources of the Empire of Morocco may be viewed or estimated. Native appellation of Morocco.
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