Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond

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=LIFE IN MOROCCO=
AND GLIMPSES BEYOND
BY
BUDGETT MEAKIN
AUTHOR OF
"THE MOORS," "THE LAND OF THE MOORS," "THE MOORISH
EMPIRE," "MODEL FACTORIES AND VILLAGES," ETC.
[Illustration]
WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1905

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=FOREWORD=

Which of us has yet forgotten that first day when we set foot in Barbary?
Those first impressions, as the gorgeous East with all its countless
sounds and colours, forms and odours, burst upon us; mingled
pleasures and disgusts, all new, undreamed-of, or our wildest dreams
enhanced! Those yelling, struggling crowds of boatmen, porters,
donkey-boys; guides, thieves, and busy-bodies; clad in mingled finery
and tatters; European, native, nondescript; a weird, incongruous
medley--such as is always produced when East meets West--how they
did astonish and amuse us! How we laughed (some trembling inwardly)
and then, what letters we wrote home!
One-and-twenty years have passed since that experience entranced the
present writer, and although he has repeated it as far as possible in
practically every other oriental country, each fresh visit to Morocco
brings back somewhat of the glamour of that maiden plunge, and
somewhat of that youthful ardour, as the old associations are renewed.
Nothing he has seen elsewhere excels Morocco in point of life and
colour save Bokhára; and only in certain parts of India or in China is it
rivalled. Algeria, Tunisia and Tripoli have lost much of that charm
under Turkish or western rule; Egypt still more markedly so, while
Palestine is of a population altogether mixed and heterogeneous. The
bazaars of Damascus, even, and Constantinople, have given way to
plate-glass, and nothing remains in the nearer East to rival Morocco.
Notwithstanding the disturbed condition of much of the country,
nothing has occurred to interfere with the pleasure certain to be
afforded by a visit to Morocco at any time, and all who can do so are
strongly recommended to include it in an early holiday. The best
months are from September to May, though the heat on the coast is
never too