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INDEX.

A

Addison, 30.

Ad Mercuri, 17.

Ain el Kibrit, 250.

Ain Sí Yúsuf, 250.

Aissowieh, the, 197.

Alarcos, battle of, 41.

Alcazar, 39, 267.

Algeria, 233.

Allarbi, 32, 42.

Alonzo of Castile, 41.

Amín, 210, 215, 218, 230.

Aquæ Dacicæ, 250.

Arab Scribe, 16, 121, 221, 285.

Army of Marocco, 100, 182, 184, 206, 209, 229. App. D, E.

Artillery, 9, 103, 120, 218, 229.

_’Askár_, 69, 213, 214. App. E, F.

Assistant, the, 142, 143.

Atlantic, the, 13, 265, 277.

Autololes, 266.

Awára, 13.

Azîla, 16, 21, 41, 281.

B

Bábú, the Bengali, 18.

Bairám, feast of, 198.

Ball, Mr. J., App. A.

Bastinado, 35, 244.

Bedawa, 203.

Bell, Mr., 194.

Ben Aouda, 49, 187, 189, 253.

Beni Aamer, 75, 99, 253, 290.

—— Chessen, 260.

—— Hassan, 59, 66, 71, 257, 262, 292.

—— Mtír, 93, 232, 290.

Ben Shittim, 16, 281.

Berber, or Brebber, 76, 85, 92, 258, 289, 290, 292.

Bleeding, 15, 125.

Boar-hunt, 18, 30.

Boke of the Gouernoure, 58.

Bokhári, 99, 116, 208, 239, 291, 292.

Books in Fez, 223.

Boomgheis, 31, 97, 130, 226, 262.

Braganza, Catherine of, 3.

Brooke, Sir A., 20.

Bustard, 263.

C

Chamberlain, 99, 110, 116.

Charles I., H.M., 266.

Charles II., H.M., 3.

Christians, 25, 218, 256, 268, 273, 277, 281.

Christian slaves, 170, 195, 240, 241, 266.

Cold, 35, 50, 238.

Colville, Captain, 31.

Commander-in-Chief, 142, 206, 218, 233. App. D.

Conference at Madrid, 4, 5, 177, 221, 225, 283.

D

Dance at Italian Legation, 7.

—— of Aissowieh, 200.

—— of Hillmen, 188, 230.

Dancing before the Ark, 188.

Dár Síd Abd-el-Káder ben bú Kaïb, 275.

Dshar, 17, 76.

Dúar, 17, 71, 75, 255, 263.

Duval, 227.

E

Edrisi, 41.

Eels, 275.

El Araish, 36, 45, 277.

El Bekri, 41, 270.

El Hamáya, 35.

El Karuin, 172, 224.

El Má Bared, 45.

El Úted, 21.

El Zerga, 276.

Emkaddem, 200, 201, 203.

Erckmann, le Capitaine, 103, 113, 140.

Ethnology, 289.

Eunuchs, 162, 193, 241.

“Eyebrow,” 122, 126, 144, 148, 191, 194.

F

Fahs er Rihán, 34.

Famine, 28, 184, 258.

Fasi, 97, 100, 125, 238.

Fez, description of, 108, 109, 124.

—— entry into, 98.

—— first view of, 95.

—— Governor or Bashaw of, 99, 126, 150, 206.

—— inns of, 211.

—— Merchants of, 101.

Foreign Office, 2.

Freigíah, 133, 195, 285.

Frost, Mr., 267.

G

George, 32, 226.

George III., H.M., 134.

Ghadda, 34.

Gibraltar authorities, 3.

Giralda, 269.

Gordon Cumming, Colonel, 16, 187, 196, 229.

Grand Vizier, 97, 106, 121, 126, 143, 161, 191, 214, 216.

Gualili, 250.

Guinea, 239.

H

Habassi, 51, 253, 274, 275, 290.

Hadd el Gharbía, 15, 19, 77.

Hadj Abdulla, 275.

—— Ali, 32.

—— Hamed, 26, 30, 32, 43, 95, 285.

—— Kadór, 9, 287.

Haïk, 16, 171.

Haïm Secsú, 5, 121, 220, 286.

Hájeb, 126, 148, 158, 213.

Hamído, 20, 31, 256.

Hanno, 73, 272.

Hay, Lady, 10, 12, 32.

—— Miss, 26, 84, 91, 151, 156, 164, 231, 249, 275.

Haynes, Lieut., C.E., R.E., 3, 10, 46, 132, 140, 209, 212, 252.

Heat, 19, 115, 279, 280.

Heavy rain, 44, 50, 57, 58, 71, 93, 235, 260.

Heliograph, 2, 6, 35, 122, 133, 139, 192, 239.

Henri III., 228.

Hesperides, 278.

Highland dress, 112, 114, 119.

Hondius, 250.

History of the Jews, Milman’s, 103.

Hooker, “Doctor,” 33, 97.

—— Sir Joseph, 26.

Horses, 10, 30, 134.

Hospitals, 211.

J

Jackson, 269.

Jebel el Kanúfa, 236.

Jebel Filfal, 72.

Jebel Zalag, 139, 239.

Jebeli, 119, 120, 218, 258.

Jesuit, 199.

Jesus, 65, 199.

Jewellery, 171.

Jews, 39, 72, 102, 176, 205, 225, 258, 278. App. G.

Judico, 18, 32, 47.

Jugglers, 196, 230.

Jum’a el Hawáfi, 69, 77.

Jupiter Tonans, 8.

K

Kaa er Remel, 8, 11, 286.

Kádi, 168, 181.

Kaïd Ali, 35, 46, 55, 64, 228, 232, 256, 279. App. B.

—— el Meshwa, 99, 111, 117, 126, 146.

—— Hadj Hamed, 135, 187.

—— Maclean, 100, 113, 128, 182, 206, 216. App. D.

—— of Artillery, 206.

—— of Habassi, 51, 61, 63, 65, 275.

Kariya ben Aouda, 49, 75.

—— el Abd-er-Rahman Shlíah, 255, 257.

—— el Habassi, 51, 75.

Kasr Fara’ún, 251.

Khalífa, 32, 139, 140, 164, 202.

Kheira, 75.

Kohl, 39, 40.

Kontra, 262, 273.

Koran, 20, 56, 125, 143, 145, 157, 168, 276.

Kúbba, 44, 76.

Kuskussú, 54, 131, 137.

Kutubia, 269.

L

Lá bás, 113, 208.

Lab-el-barôd, 21, 72, 92, 112.

Lawless, Hon. D., 3, 60, 134, 141, 175, 247, 259, 286.

Leared, Dr., 248.

Lemprière’s “Tour to Morocco,” 184, 239.

Lentisk, 28, 280.

Leo Africanus, 33, 54, 77, 173, 211, 250, 260. App. C.

Lex talionis, 186, 285.

Lions, 32, 57.

Livy, 223.

Lixus, 45, 278, 280.

Lunatics, 37, 211, 217, 218, 244.

M

Macpherson, Colonel, 9.

Má hia, 206.

Mahmora, 272.

Mamora, forest of, 261, 262, 264, 273, 290.

Marhaba bík, 126, 287.

Markets, 14, 77.

Marocco, defences of, 233, 234.

—— diseases of, 138. App. C.

—— drama of, 197.

—— fleet of, 279.

—— relations of England with, 47, 114.

Matamors, 27, 49.

“Maurétanie Tingitane,” 41, 268, 274.

Mazagan. App. G.

Mehdía, 62, 263, 272, 273.

Melha, 176, 178, 205.

Mequinez, 237.

Meshráa el Háder, 277.

—— el Sejra, 11.

Mignonette, 18.

Mikkès, 92, 232, 290.

Mission, members of, 3.

—— political results of, 224, 292.

—— reception of, at court, 114.

Mogador, 224, 293.

Mona, 23, 51, 80, 280.

Moorish arch, 149, 171.

—— butter, 51.

—— manners, 55, 107, 191, 214.

—— Sabbath, 49.

—— stomachs, 54.

—— superstition, 19, 48, 65, 159, 224.

—— tea, 53, 88, 90, 111, 146.

Moral precepts, 56, 185.

Mosques, 109, 172, 223, 242.

Mulai Edris, 95, 109, 172, 246, 252, 253.

Murders, 179, 181, 285.

Musicians, 38, 100, 115, 153.

Mzorah, 21.

N

Náam Sídi, 227.

Náhum, Mr., 148, 173, 204, 205, 220, 275.

Norton, 32, 220, 262, 280, 285.

Nzala, or guardhouse, 13, 232.

O

Oliphant, Mr. Laurence, 203.

Oppidum Novum, 45.

Otis tarda, 263.

P

Panther, 193.

Passage of Wad el Kús, 45, 279.

—— of Wad el Sebú, 63, 273.

Philology, 290.

Phonograph, 141.

Photographs, 20, 60, 143, 289.

Pirates, 4, 266.

Plains, 36, 57, 71, 256.

Pliny, 266.

Poison, 53, 126, 129.

Polybius, 226.

Portuguese, 3, 17, 41, 44, 273, 281.

Pory, Master John, 33.

Powder-play, 21, 22, 68, 259.

Prehistoric remains, 20, 21.

Presents, 2, 121, 220.

Prime Minister, 106, 127, 221.

Prison, 31, 242.

Prophet, the, 20, 32, 37, 56, 132, 143, 156, 186. App. G.

Protection, evils of, 14, 59, 178, 282.

—— methods of claiming, 36, 59, 215, 216.

Ptolemy, 61, 251.

Purchas’s Pilgrims, 125.

Q

Queen, H.M. the, 62, 118, 120.

Queen’s, H.M. the, letter to the Sultan, 118.

Q. Cæcilius Domitianus, 248.

R

Rabât, 257, 265, 267.

Rahmah, 275.

Ramadán, feast of, 198.

Râs ed Dúra, 274, 275.

Renegades, 21, 217, 267.

Reception at Court, 114.

Rif, the, 13, 280.

River; _see_ “Wad.”

Rohlfs, Dr. Gerhard, 21, 223, 227, 276, 289.

S

Sacrifice, 36, 59.

Saints, 37, 164, 204, 218, 244, 269.

Sala, 266.

Sala Colonia, 268, 272.

Sallust, 255.

Scorpions, 32.

Scylax, 272.

Sebt, 280.

Second sight, 159.

Selám Hajút, 33, 130.

Sharíf, 18, 28.

Sharífian, 144, 224. App. G.

Shaw’s “Travels in Barbary,” 102, 255.

Shella, 251, 268.

Sherarda, 71, 80, 257.

Síd Abd-er-Rahman ben Drís, 274.

—— Ahmed ben Ali, 19.

—— Búbakr, 73, 84, 97, 132, 141, 144, 189, 195, 197, 214, 221, 227,
271.

—— Drís ben Abd-el-Wáhad, 163, 191, 232, 235, 239, 293.

—— el Yemáni, 19, 26, 280.

—— Hamed ben Músa, 132, 141, 158, 193.

—— Hamed ben Mansor, 274.

—— Muhammed Bargash, 225.

—— Muhammed ben el Kheir, 273, 274.

—— Muhammed ben Moktsar, 127.

—— Muhammed Gavass, 163, 191, 210, 232, 239.

—— Músa, 54, 107, 159.

Sídi Adab, 254.

Sídna, 215, 221, 227.

Skeerresh, 164.

“Sketches in Spain and Morocco,” 20.

Sla, 265.

Slaves, 135, 151, 153, 161, 167.

Slave-market, 132, 166.

Snake-charmer, 174, 179.

Sôk, 14, 132, 166, 173.

—— Kotáma, 41.

Soudan, 167, 208, 239.

Soueir, 277.

Standard-bearer, 9, 12, 19, 280.

Stewart, Commodore, 170.

Strabo, 291.

Student-Sultan, 187, 206.

Sultan Abd-el-Moumen, 272.

—— Mulai Abd-er-Rahman, 145, 277.

—— Mulai Hassan, 1, 49, 116, 141, 145, 160, 183, 192, 213, 229. App. F.

—— Mulai Ismael, 170, 195, 239, 240, 277.

—— Mulai Zidan, 266.

—— Sídi Muhammed, 144, 145, 184, 186.

—— Yacúb el Mansor, 40, 41, 267, 268, 269.

Summer palace, 194, 230.

Surgery, 125, 137.

T

Tálib, 285.

Tangier, 3, 188, 287.

Tapia, 135.

Telephone, 2, 122, 133, 139, 192.

Tents, 2, 83.

Thunder-storm, 58.

Tissot, Mons. C., 41, 45, 66, 75, 247, 248.

Tocolosida, 251.

Tortoise, 47.

Tossing, 241.

Tower of Hassan, 265, 269.

Troglodytes, 73.

Tweedledee, 39, 60, 132, 148, 166, 169, 208, 286.

Tweedledum, 39, 121.

Tyranny of foreigners, 25, 60, 79.

U

Udaiah, 263, 273.

Usury, 128.

V

Volubilis, 246–252. App. H.

W

Wad el Aïsha, 19, 285.

—— el Beht, 257, 258.

—— el Búraghrag, 265.

—— el Dráder, 277.

—— el Fas, 95, 123.

—— el Kharrúb, 285.

—— el Khúman or Fara’ún, 247.

—— el Kús, 44, 45, 278.

—— el Machassan, 35, 41.

—— el Mharhar, 11, 13.

—— el Nedja, 232.

—— el Rdem, 256, 257.

—— el Sebú, 61, 62, 164, 251, 263, 273.

—— el Soueir, 277.

Waterloo, 62, 208.

Wazan, 21, 287.

White, Mr. Herbert, 50, 142, 187, 216, 247.

Wild boar, 13, 30.

Wild flowers, 18, 254, 259.

Will, Surgeon Major, 2, 55, 84, 137, 141, 148, 226, 286.

Windhus’s “Journey to Mequinez,” 41, 72, 170, 205, 240, 247, 249.

Z

Zarhún, 172, 246, 249.

Zeggota, 83.

Zemmúr, 257, 261, 267, 290.

Zilia, 281.

Zouche, Lord, 6, 16, 141, 164, 205, 226, 231, 237, 285.

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ERRATA.

Page 36, line 19, _for_ “eight” _read_ “twelve.”
„ 37, „ 1, _for_ “ten” _read_ “fifteen.”
„ 50, „ 12, _for_ “Sebú” _read_ “Méda.”
„ 133, „ 26, _for_ “Frigeiahs” _read_ “Freigíahs.”

ENDNOTES.

Footnote 1:

“Naval demonstration” had not become a household word at the time I
wrote the above.

Footnote 2:

I subsequently heard that part of the messages, though in a very
mutilated form, had been made out by the intelligent signal-master at
that place.

Footnote 3:

Chief, or commander, is the nearest equivalent we have to Kaïd.

Footnote 4:

Meshráa, or meshra’t, is a ford.

Footnote 5:

This piece of information turned out to be as false as is most of what
one derives, except from ocular demonstration, in this country.

Footnote 6:

This same “perpetual surf” on the west coast of Africa I found out to
be a myth, as on our return march by the coast there were several calm
days on which the Atlantic comported itself like any other sea.

Footnote 7:

Dshar, a village built of stone, as opposed to the Dúar, or Arab
encampment.

Footnote 8:

“Sketches in Spain and Morocco.” London, 1831.

Footnote 9:

Lab el Barôd, or Powder Play, a national Moorish pastime.

Footnote 10:

_Vide_ page 79.

Footnote 11:

See Appendix A.

Footnote 12:

In justice to Boomgheis I must mention that he was honourably
acquitted.

Footnote 13:

“Lieutenant,” or “right hand man.”

Footnote 14:

“A Geographical Historie of Africa.” Translated from the Arabicke and
Italian by Master John Pory. 4^o London, 1600.

Footnote 15:

“Maurétanie Tingitane,” par M. Tissot. Paris, 1877.

Footnote 16:

“Journey to Mequinez.” London, 1725.

Footnote 17:

Kubba, literally a vault; the cupola-shaped tomb erected over the
remains of saints in Marocco.

Footnote 18:

_Itinéraire de Tanger à Rbat’_, par C. Tissot. Paris, 1876.

Footnote 19:

On our return to Tangier his adversary presented the kaïd with a set
of chessmen, for his acknowledgment of which see Appendix B.

Footnote 20:

See page 35.

Footnote 21:

“Boke of the Governoure,” by Sir Henry Elyot.

Footnote 22:

In the name of God.

Footnote 23:

“Itinéraire de Tanger à Rbat’.” Par C. Tissot; Paris, 1876.

Footnote 24:

_’Askár_, Regular Infantry.

Footnote 25:

Síd house or Kúbba. See note, p. 44.

Footnote 26:

Windhus’ “Journey to Mequinez.” London, 1725.

Footnote 27:

Public notary.

Footnote 28:

“Brebber,” or indigenous; a term analogous to “Berber.”

Footnote 29:

Long tunic-shaped garment.

Footnote 30:

See page 33.

Footnote 31:

People of Fez—or Fuss, as they pronounce it.

Footnote 32:

See page 239.

Footnote 33:

Shaw’s “Travels in Barbary.” 1738.

Footnote 34:

Milman’s “History of the Jews.” London, 1830.

Footnote 35:

Purchas’s “Pilgrims.” London, 1600.

Footnote 36:

“Welcome to you.”

Footnote 37:

See page 54.

Footnote 38:

See Appendix C.

Footnote 39:

The Empire of Marocco is so described in all official documents, &c.

Footnote 40:

“Eyebrow,” or Chief of the Household.

Footnote 41:

I see by a Blue-book since published on the Madrid Conference, the
youth’s name is spelt “Skeerresh,” so we were not far wrong.

Footnote 42:

Of the slave-_trade_ nothing can be said in extenuation.

Footnote 43:

Wicked, improper.

Footnote 44:

Jamieson’s “Scottish Dictionary,” 1808.

Footnote 45:

See page 249.

Footnote 46:

“Historie of Africa,” by Leo a More. London, 1600.

Footnote 47:

Purchas’s “Pilgrims,” vol. ii. London, 1600.

Footnote 48:

Chief judge in a town or district.

Footnote 49:

Lemprière’s “Tour to Morocco in 1789.”

Footnote 50:

See Appendix D.

Footnote 51:

See page 16.

Footnote 52:

See page 163.

Footnote 53:

“Gli Aissaòua; reminiscenze d’Algeria.” Di Giacinto Fossati-Reyneri.
Roma. 1880.

Footnote 54:

It is interesting to compare with all this the far more graphic
account given in Mr. Laurence Oliphant’s recent work, “The Land of
Gilead,” of the performances of the sect of the “Bedawa,” and their
somewhat similar origin.

Footnote 55:

Literally “eau de vie,” or “water of life.”

Footnote 56:

Very good; literally “there is no evil.”

Footnote 57:

Natives from the Soudan. See page 239.

Footnote 58:

His title at Court signifying “Superintendent.”

Footnote 59:

See Appendix E.

Footnote 60:

“Eyebrow.”

Footnote 61:

General term for soldiers, particularly infantry.

Footnote 62:

“Our Lord.”

Footnote 63:

The Jewesses are great manufacturers of cakes and pastry.

Footnote 64:

It is not an uncommon device of designing foreigners, who wish to
approach the person of the Sultan, to describe themselves as above, as
His Majesty’s predilection for the English is well known.

Footnote 65:

“Mountaineer;” see p. 119.

Footnote 66:

God willing.

Footnote 67:

See Appendix F.

Footnote 68:

Rohlfs’ “Adventures in Morocco.”

Footnote 69:

For specimen of a Sharífian letter, see Appendix G.

Footnote 70:

An equivalent to the “Anon, anon, sir,” of the Drawer Francis, in
Shakespeare’s Henry IV.

Footnote 71:

“Our Lord.”

Footnote 72:

“Revue des deux Mondes, 1859.”

Footnote 73:

See page 173.

Footnote 74:

Unlawful.

Footnote 75:

He reigned from 1672 to about 1728.

Footnote 76:

Windhus’s “Journey to Mequinez,” 1721.

Footnote 77:

Windhus’s “Journey to Mequinez.” London, 1725.

Footnote 78:

See Appendix H.

Footnote 79:

“Ædificia Numidarum ... incurvis lateribus tecta quasi _navium carinæ_
essent.” Sallustii “Bellum Jugurth.” para. 21.

Footnote 80:

Native dagger.

Footnote 81:

“Johannis Leonis Africani Africæ descriptio, apud Elzivir. Lugduni
Batavorum, 1632.”

Footnote 82:

Forward!

Footnote 83:

Lemprière’s “Tour to Marocco,” 1793.

Footnote 84:

“Maurétanie Tingitane.” Tissot.

Footnote 85:

“Maurétanie Tingitane,” 1877.

Footnote 86:

See page 177.

Footnote 87:

Since the above was written the Madrid Conference has closed, without,
I regret to say, having rectified any of the abuses here described.

Footnote 88:

Tent-pitchers.

Footnote 89:

Scribe; literally, one who seeks (after learning).

Footnote 90:

See page 239.

Footnote 91:

“Johannis Leonis Africani Africæ descriptio, ix. lib. absoluta.
Lugduni Batavoram, apud Elzevir. A^ọ 1632.”

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