_The Author's arrival at Agadeer or Santa Cruz.--He opens the Port
to European Commerce.--His favourable Reception on landing
there.--Is saluted by the Battery.--Abolishes the degrading Custom
that had been exacted of the Christians, of descending from on
Horseback, and entering the Town on Foot, like the Jews.--Of a
Sanctuary at the Entrance of the Town, which had ever been
considered Holy Ground, and none but Muhamedans had ever before
been permitted to enter the Gates on Horseback._