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Description Of The Kingdom Of Morocco.
courts of law ; a mere phantom of freedom , which , when claimed ,, involves inevitably in ruin and destruction the rash plaintiff . Morocco and Fez compose one empire , situated on the western borders of Barbary ; bounded on that side by the ocean "; oifthe east , by the river Mulvya , which parts it from Algiers ; on the north , by the Mediterranean ; and on the south by the great Atlas , or , rather , the river Suzthat divides Morocco from the province of Darhas .
, Some , indeed , extend its boundaries southward to the river Niger , which would g ive it an extent of twelve hundred miles from north to south ; whereas the best geographers diminish it to little more than half these dimensions . As it lies from twenty-seven to thirtysix - parallels north- latitude , the climate is necessarily warm , but healthyand pleasantlmoderated by the cooling sea-breezes from
, y the Atlantic , which fan it on the west , and diversified by a variety of mountains , plains , springs , and rivers . The soil is so excellent , that , if cultivated with tolerable skill and industry , it would yield the products of most other parts of the globe ; but this is not to be hoped for in a country groaning under the galling yoke of oppression . All Barbary , and Morocco in particular , has ever been famed for
its breed of horses , inferior in size , but excelling all other in elegance of symmetry , fieetness , and peculiar docility . Nor have the inhabitants been less celebrated , in all ages , for " their dexterity in breaking , training , and performing extraordinary feats of horsemanship . Even in these times they are allowed to be inimitable in this art ; particularly the wild Arabs , who live in the mountains , and make
this their chief employment . The dromedary and cam ' el , animals peculiarly adapted to the nature of the climate and soil , are no less abundant , and excellent , in Morocco . Almost incredible stories are related of the journies these creatures will perform , without sustenance of any kind , for several days . The inhabitants of this country are a mixture ; first , of Berebers , or ancient nativeswdio live in the utmost poverty in the mountains
, , for the sake of preserving their' liberty ; second , Arabs , a roving and wandering people , whose wealth consists in their cattle , horses , and grain ; third , Moors , the descendants of those driven out of Spain ; fourth , Negroes , or the woolly-headed blacks , made ' prisoners in war , or driven by intestine commotions from the western coast ; fifthJewsthe most " fraudulent people under the sunwhohowever
, , , , , have engrossed tbe chief trade , and are , in fact , the brokers , coiners , and bankers of the realm ; and , sixthly , the renegadoes , or those apostates from Christianity , who rise to the highest preferments of the state , by that peculiar rancour and animosity they express against the subject ' s of European kingdoms , their own immediate countrymen in particularand all Christians in general . To these we may
, add the class of slaves , treated with a severity and rigour here , unknown even in the piratical states of Tunis , Algiers , and Tripoli . All are' the property of the emperor , employed , without ceasing , in the hardest and meanest occupations , fed with a pound cake of coarse - barley meal , soaked in oil , which they often cram greedily with one hand down their throats , while the other is busied in some grievous
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of The Kingdom Of Morocco.
courts of law ; a mere phantom of freedom , which , when claimed ,, involves inevitably in ruin and destruction the rash plaintiff . Morocco and Fez compose one empire , situated on the western borders of Barbary ; bounded on that side by the ocean "; oifthe east , by the river Mulvya , which parts it from Algiers ; on the north , by the Mediterranean ; and on the south by the great Atlas , or , rather , the river Suzthat divides Morocco from the province of Darhas .
, Some , indeed , extend its boundaries southward to the river Niger , which would g ive it an extent of twelve hundred miles from north to south ; whereas the best geographers diminish it to little more than half these dimensions . As it lies from twenty-seven to thirtysix - parallels north- latitude , the climate is necessarily warm , but healthyand pleasantlmoderated by the cooling sea-breezes from
, y the Atlantic , which fan it on the west , and diversified by a variety of mountains , plains , springs , and rivers . The soil is so excellent , that , if cultivated with tolerable skill and industry , it would yield the products of most other parts of the globe ; but this is not to be hoped for in a country groaning under the galling yoke of oppression . All Barbary , and Morocco in particular , has ever been famed for
its breed of horses , inferior in size , but excelling all other in elegance of symmetry , fieetness , and peculiar docility . Nor have the inhabitants been less celebrated , in all ages , for " their dexterity in breaking , training , and performing extraordinary feats of horsemanship . Even in these times they are allowed to be inimitable in this art ; particularly the wild Arabs , who live in the mountains , and make
this their chief employment . The dromedary and cam ' el , animals peculiarly adapted to the nature of the climate and soil , are no less abundant , and excellent , in Morocco . Almost incredible stories are related of the journies these creatures will perform , without sustenance of any kind , for several days . The inhabitants of this country are a mixture ; first , of Berebers , or ancient nativeswdio live in the utmost poverty in the mountains
, , for the sake of preserving their' liberty ; second , Arabs , a roving and wandering people , whose wealth consists in their cattle , horses , and grain ; third , Moors , the descendants of those driven out of Spain ; fourth , Negroes , or the woolly-headed blacks , made ' prisoners in war , or driven by intestine commotions from the western coast ; fifthJewsthe most " fraudulent people under the sunwhohowever
, , , , , have engrossed tbe chief trade , and are , in fact , the brokers , coiners , and bankers of the realm ; and , sixthly , the renegadoes , or those apostates from Christianity , who rise to the highest preferments of the state , by that peculiar rancour and animosity they express against the subject ' s of European kingdoms , their own immediate countrymen in particularand all Christians in general . To these we may
, add the class of slaves , treated with a severity and rigour here , unknown even in the piratical states of Tunis , Algiers , and Tripoli . All are' the property of the emperor , employed , without ceasing , in the hardest and meanest occupations , fed with a pound cake of coarse - barley meal , soaked in oil , which they often cram greedily with one hand down their throats , while the other is busied in some grievous