Chapter I: Preface

Very few words of preface are necessary for this book.

To three friends I owe hearty thanks for assistance toward the successful accomplishment of my journey—namely, to Alexander Peckover, Esq., D.C.L., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., &c.; James Mason, Esq.; and R. G. Haliburton, Esq.

To the Proprietors of the ‘Illustrated London News’ I am gratefully indebted for the use of the drawings made from my original sketches and photographs, which have been most generously placed at the disposal of my publishers and myself.

WALTER B. HARRIS.

_November_ 1895.

CONTENTS.

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CHAP. PAGE
I. PREPARATIONS AND START 1
II. MARAKESH 27
III. THE ASCENT OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS 50
IV. THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS AND THE BERBERS 83
V. THE DESCENT FROM THE ATLAS 105
VI. GHRESAT TO DADS 129
VII. DADS 153
VIII. DADS TO UL TURUG 179
IX. OUR ARRIVAL AT TAFILET 213
X. WITH THE SULTAN AT TAFILET 231
XI. TAFILET OR TAFILELT 260
XII. THE RETURN JOURNEY 307
XIII. THE ACCESSION OF THE NEW SULTAN OF MOROCCO 330
INDEX 381

ILLUSTRATIONS

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FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

BERBER VILLAGE IN THE VALLEY OF THE GHADAT _Frontispiece_
A GENERAL VIEW OF MARAKESH _To face page_ 28
THE SÔK JUMAA-EL-FANAR, MARAKESH „ 42
AT THE BASE OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS „ 114
THE VALLEY OF DADS „ 140
A “KSAR” OF ASKURA „ 240
RUINED BRIDGE ON THE ROAD TO TAFILET „ 324
STREET LEADING TO THE SULTAN’S PALACE, MARAKESH „ 342

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
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LANDING IN SAFFI 8
A WELL AT SUNSET 12
BERBER TRIBESMEN 16
FROM SAFFI TO MOROCCO CITY: A WEEKLY MARKET 26
A STREET IN MARAKESH 32
INNER COURT OF SULTAN’S PALACE IN MARAKESH 35
THE KUTUBÍA IN MARAKESH 38
A JEWISH BANKER OF MARAKESH 45
A STREET SCENE IN MARAKESH 48
BERBERS 64
FORDING THE WAD GHADAT 69
A VIEW FROM ABOVE ZARKTEN 73
THE SHEIKH’S HOUSE AT ZARKTEN 76
THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS FROM THE SOUTH 85
APPROACHING MARAKESH FROM THE NORTH 91
A PASS ON THE ROAD 108
AGURZGA 124
A VILLAGE SCENE 139
A BERBER FAMILY AT DADS: WOMAN MEALING CORN 144
INSIDE THE VILLAGE OF AÏT BU HADDU, AT DADS 158
A WOMAN OF DADS 165
YOUNG JEW OF DADS 174
SAINT’S TOMB ON THE ROAD TO UL TURUG 200
UL TURUG 204
WAD GHERIS 222
IN TAFILET 277
A CORNER OF A SÔK—EARLY MORNING 282
YOUNG WOMEN OF TAFILET DRYING DATES 294
THE KAID OF GLAWA’S RESIDENCE 320
SHOPS AT BAB KHEMIS, MARAKESH 327

MAPS.

SKETCH MAP OF MOROCCO SHOWING AUTHOR’S ROUTE _To face page 1_
DETAIL MAP OF AUTHOR’S ROUTES BETWEEN MARAKESH
AND TAFILET _At end_

Showing Mr W. B. Harris’s Routes to and from Tafilet.

_Author’s route_ -----]

TAFILET.

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