_Journey from Mogodor, to Rabat, to Mequinas, to the Sanctuary of
Muley Dris Zerone in the Atlas Mountains, to the Ruins of Pharaoh,
and thence through the Amorite Country to L'Araich and
Tangier.--Started from Mogodor with Bel Hage as my_ (Tabuk) _Cook,
ana Deeb as my_ (Mûle Lukkerzana) _Tent Master.--Exportation of
Wool granted by the Emperor.--Akkermute depopulated by the
Plague.--Arabs, their Mode of hunting the Partridge.--Observations
respecting the River Tansift.--Jerf El Eûdie, or the Jews'
Pass.--Description of Saffy, and its Port or Road.--Woladia
calculated to make a safe Harbour.--Growth of Tobacco.--Mazagan
described.--Azamor the Abode of Storks.--Saneet Urtemma a dangerous
Country.--Dar El Beida, Fedalla, and Rabat described.--Mausoleum of
the Sultan Muhamed ben Abd Allah at Rabat.--Of Shella, a Roman
Town.--Of the Tower of Hassan.--Road of Rabat.--Productive Country
about Rabat.--Salee.--The People inimical to Christians.--The
Dungeon where they confined Christian Slaves.--Ait Zimurh,
notorious Thieves.--Their Mode of Robbing.--Their Country disturbed
with Lions.--Arrival at Mequinas.--Some Account of that City and
its imperial Palace.--Ladies of Mequinas extremely
beautiful.--Arrival at the renowned Sanctuary of Muley Dris
Zerone.--Extraordinary and favourable Reception there by the
Fakeers of the Sanctuary.--Slept in the Adytum.--Succour expected
from the English in the Event of an Invasion by
Bonaparte.--Prostration and Prayer of Benediction by the Fakeers at
106 my Departure from the Sanctuary.--Ruins of Pharaoh near the
Sanctuary.--Treasures found there.--Ite Amor.--The Descendants of
the Ancient Amorites.--Character of these People.--Various Tribes
of the Berebbers of Atlas.--El Kassar Kabeer.--Its Environs, a
beautiful Country.--Forest of L'Araich.--Superior Manufacture of
Gold Thread made at Fas, as well as Imitations of Amber.--Grand
Entry of the British Ambassador into Tangier.--Our Ignorance of
African Matters.--The Sultan's Comparison of the Provinces of his
Empire to the various Kingdoms of Europe._