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week in Barbary.--M. Rey's account of the Empire of
Morocco.--The Government Auctioneer gives an account of Slavery
and the Slave Trade in Morocco.--Benoliel as English
Cicerone.--Departure from Tangier to Gibraltar.--How I lost my fine
green broad-cloth.--Mr. Frenerry's opinion of Maroquine Affairs.

CHAPTER IV
.
Departure from Gibraltar to Mogador.--The Straits.--Genoese
Sailors.--Trade-wind Hurricanes on the Atlantic Coast of
Morocco.--Difficulties of entering the Port of Mogador.--Bad
provisioning of Foreign Merchantmen.--The present Representative of
the once far-famed and dreaded Rovers.--Disembarkation at
Mogador.--Mr. Phillips, Captain of the Port.--Rumours amongst the
People about my Mission.--Visit to the Cemeteries.--Maroquine
Wreckers.--Health of the inhabitants of Mogador.--Moorish Cavaliers
"playing at powder" composed of the ancient Numidians.--The
Barb.--The Life Guards of the Moorish Emperor.--Martial character of
the Negro.--Some account of the Black Corps of the
Shereefs.--Orthodoxy of the Shereefs, and illustrative anecdotes of the
various Emperors.

CHAPTER V
.
Several visits from the Moors; their ideas on soldiers and payment of
public functionaries.--Mr. Cohen and his opinion on Maroquine

affairs.-- Phlebotomising of Governors, and Ministerial
responsibility.--Border Travels of the Shedma and Hhaha tribes.--How
the Emperor enriches himself by the quarrels of his subjects.--Message
from the Emperor respecting the Anti-Slavery Address.--Difficulties of
travelling through or residing in the Interior.--Use of Knives, and Forks,
and Chairs are signs of Social Progress.--Account of the periodical visit
of the Mogador Merchants to the Emperor, in the Southern Capital.

CHAPTER VI
.
Influence of French Consuls.--Arrival of the Governor of Mogador
from the Capital; he brings an order to imprison the late Governor; his
character, and mode of administering affairs.--Statue of a Negress at
the bottom of a well.--Spanish Renegades.--Various Wedding Festivals
of Jews.--Frequent Fêtes and Feastings among the Jewish population of
Morocco.--Scripture Illustration, "Behold the Bridegroom
cometh!"--Jewish Renegades.--How far women have
souls.--Infrequency of Suicides.

CHAPTER VII
.
Interview with the Governor of Mogador, on the Address of the
Anti-Slavery Society.--Day and night side of the Mission
Adventure.--Phillips' application to be allowed to stand with his "shoes
on" before the Shereefian presence.--Case of the French Israelite,
Darmon, who was killed by the Government.--Order of the
Government against Europeans smoking in the streets.--Character of
Haj Mousa, Governor of Mazagran.--Talmudical of a Sousee
Jew.--False weights amongst the Mogador Merchants.--Rumours of
war from the North, and levy of troops.--Bragadocio of the
Governor.--Mr. Authoris's opinion on the state of of the
Country.--Moorish opinions on English Abolition.-- European Slavery
in Southern Morocco.--Spanish Captives and the London Ironmongers
Company.--Sentiments of Barbary Jews on Slavery.

ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. I.
Interior of a Moorish House
City of Tangier
Port of Mogador
Christian Burial Place
Moorish Cemetery
Nubian Cavalry of Ancient Africa
Wadnoun
VOL. II.
The Snake-Charmer
City of Morocco
Fish found in Hot Springs
Water-Snake
The Aoudad

TRAVELS IN MOROCCO.

CHAPTER I
.
Policy of the Court of Morocco.--Its strength.--Diplomatic Intercourse
with England.--Distrust of Europeans.--Commercial Relations.
Morocco is the China of North Africa. The grand political maxim of
the Shereefian Court is, the exclusion of strangers; to look upon all
strangers with distrust and suspicion; and should they, at any time,
attempt to explore the interior of Morocco, or any of the adjacent
counties, to thwart and circumvent their enterprise, is a veritable feat of
statesmanship in the opinion of the Shereefian Court. The assassination
of Mr. Davidson, some years since, is an odious and enduring stigma
on the Moorish Court, notwithstanding the various efforts which have
been made to deny the personal responsibility of the Emperor in that
transaction.
The Prince de Joinville was once going to open Morocco, as we opened
China; but bullets and shot which his Royal Highness showered upon
Tangier and Mogador, only closed faster the approaches and routes of
this well-guarded empire--only more hermetically sealed the capitals of

Fez and Morocco against the prying or morbid curiosity of the tourist,
or the mappings and measurings of the political spy. The striking
anecdote, illustrating the exclusive policy of the Maroquine Court, is
familiar to all who have read the history of the Moorish Sultans of the
Mugreb. Years ago, a European squadron threatened to bombard
Tangier, unless their demands were instantly satisfied; and the then
reigning Sultan sent down from Fez this imperial message:
"How much will the enemy give me if I myself burn to ashes my
well-beloved city of Tangier? Tell the enemy, O governor of the
mighty city of Tangier, that I can reduce this self-same city to a heap of
smoking ruins, at a much cheaper rate than he can, with all his ships,
his warlike machines, and his fighting men."
The strength of Morocco lies in her internal cities, her inland
population, and the natural difficulties of her territory; about her coast
she cares little; but the French did not find this out till after their
bombardments. The unwonted discovery led them afterwards to boast
that they had at length