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.
