J.E. RICHARDSON.
London,
November 15, 1859.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
CHAPTER I.
Policy of the Court of Morocco. - Its strength. - Diploplomatic Intercourse
with England. - Distrust of Europeans. - Commercial Relations.
CHAPTER II.
Arrival at Tangier. - Moorish Pilgrims in Cordova. - Address of the
Anti-Slavery Society. - Mr. D. Hay, British Consul. - Institut
d'Afrique. - Conveyance of Eunuchs in vessels under the French
Flag. - Franco-Moorish Politics. - Corn Monopolies in Morocco. - Love and
veneration for the English name - Celebration of the Ayd-Kebir, or great
festival. - Value of Money in Morocco. - Juvenile Strolling
Singer. - General account of the city of Tangier. - Intercourse between
the Moorish Emperor and the Foreign Consuls. - Cockney sportsmen. - The
degrading of high Moorish Functionaries. - How we smuggle Cattle from
Tangier to Gibraltar. - The Blood-letting of plethoric Placemen.
CHAPTER III.
The Posada. - Ingles and Benoliel. - Amulets for successful
parturition. - Visits of a Moorish Taleb and a Berber. - Three Sundays
during a week in Barbary. - M. Rey's account of the Empire of
Morocco. - The Government Auctioneer gives an account of Slavery and the
Slave Trade in Morocco. - Benoliel as English Cicerone. - Departure from
Tangier to Gibraltar. - How I lost my fine green broad-cloth. - Mr.
Frenerry's opinion of Maroquine Affairs.
CHAPTER IV.
Departure from Gibraltar to Mogador. - The Straits. - Genoese
Sailors. - Trade-wind Hurricanes on the Atlantic Coast of
Morocco. - Difficulties of entering the Port of Mogador. - Bad
provisioning of Foreign Merchantmen. - The present Representative of the
once far-famed and dreaded Rovers. - Disembarkation at Mogador. - Mr.
Phillips, Captain of the Port. - Rumours amongst the People about my
Mission. - Visit to the Cemeteries. - Maroquine Wreckers. - Health of the
inhabitants of Mogador. - Moorish Cavaliers "playing at powder" composed
of the ancient Numidians. - The Barb. - The Life Guards of the Moorish
Emperor. - Martial character of the Negro. - Some account of the Black
Corps of the Shereefs. - Orthodoxy of the Shereefs, and illustrative
anecdotes of the various Emperors.
CHAPTER V.
Several visits from the Moors; their ideas on soldiers and payment of
public functionaries. - Mr. Cohen and his opinion on Maroquine affairs. -
Phlebotomising of Governors, and Ministerial responsibility. - Border
Travels of the Shedma and Hhaha tribes. - How the Emperor enriches
himself by the quarrels of his subjects. - Message from the Emperor
respecting the Anti-Slavery Address. - Difficulties of travelling through
or residing in the Interior. - Use of Knives, and Forks, and Chairs are
signs of Social Progress. - Account of the periodical visit of the
Mogador Merchants to the Emperor, in the Southern Capital.
CHAPTER VI.
Influence of French Consuls. - Arrival of the Governor of Mogador from
the Capital; he brings an order to imprison the late Governor; his
character, and mode of administering affairs. - Statue of a Negress at
the bottom of a well. - Spanish Renegades. - Various Wedding Festivals of
Jews. - Frequent Fetes and Feastings among the Jewish population of
Morocco. - Scripture Illustration, "Behold the Bridegroom
cometh!" - Jewish Renegades. - How far women have souls. - Infrequency of
Suicides.
CHAPTER VII.
Interview with the Governor of Mogador, on the Address of the Anti-Slavery
Society. - Day and night side of the Mission Adventure. - Phillips'
application to be allowed to stand with his "shoes on" before the
Shereefian presence. - Case of the French Israelite, Darmon, who was
killed by the Government. - Order of the Government against Europeans
smoking in the streets. - Character of Haj Mousa, Governor of
Mazagran. - Talmudical of a Sousee Jew. - False weights amongst the
Mogador Merchants. - Rumours of war from the North, and levy of
troops. - Bragadocio of the Governor. - Mr. Authoris's opinion on the
state of of the Country. - Moorish opinions on English Abolition. -
European Slavery in Southern Morocco. - Spanish Captives and the London
Ironmongers Company. - Sentiments of Barbary Jews on Slavery.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. I.
Interior of a Moorish House
City of Tangier
Port of Mogador
Christian Burial Place
Moorish Cemetery
Nubian Cavalry of Ancient Africa
Wadnoun
VOL. II.
The Snake-Charmer
City of Morocco
Fish found in Hot Springs
Water-Snake
The Aoudad
TRAVELS IN MOROCCO.
CHAPTER I.
Policy of the Court of Morocco. - Its strength. - Diplomatic Intercourse
with England. - Distrust of Europeans. - Commercial Relations.
Morocco is the China of North Africa. The grand political maxim of the
Shereefian Court is, the exclusion of strangers; to look upon all
strangers with distrust and suspicion; and should they, at any time,
attempt to explore the interior of Morocco, or any of the adjacent
counties, to thwart and circumvent their enterprise, is a veritable feat
of statesmanship in the opinion of the Shereefian Court. The
assassination of Mr. Davidson, some years since, is an odious and
enduring stigma on the Moorish Court, notwithstanding the various
efforts which have been made to deny the personal responsibility of the
Emperor in that transaction.
The Prince de Joinville was once going to open Morocco, as we opened
China; but bullets and shot which his Royal Highness showered upon
Tangier and Mogador, only closed faster the approaches and routes of
this well-guarded empire - only more hermetically sealed the capitals of
Fez and Morocco against the prying or morbid curiosity of the tourist,
or the mappings and measurings of the political spy. The striking
anecdote, illustrating the exclusive policy of the Maroquine Court, is
familiar to all who have read the history of the Moorish Sultans of the
Mugreb. Years ago, a European squadron threatened to bombard Tangier,
unless their demands were instantly satisfied; and the then reigning
Sultan sent down from Fez this imperial message:
"How much will the enemy give me if I myself burn to ashes my
well-beloved city of Tangier? Tell the enemy, O governor of the mighty
city of Tangier, that I can reduce this self-same city to a heap of
smoking ruins, at a much cheaper rate than he can, with all his ships,
his warlike machines, and his fighting men."
The strength of Morocco lies in her internal cities, her inland
population, and the natural difficulties of her territory; about her
coast she cares little; but the French did not find this out till after
their bombardments.
