AUTHOR OF "A MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICA,"
"TRAVELS IN THE DESERT OF SAHARA," &C.
EDITED BY HIS WIDOW.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
The Mogador Jewesses. - Disputes between the Jew and the Moor. - Melancholy
Scenes. - The Jews of the Atlas. - Their Religion. - Beautiful Women. - The
Four Wives. - Statues discovered. - Discrepancy of age of married people. -
Young and frail fair ones. - Superstition respecting Salt. - White
Brandy. - Ludicrous Anecdote.
CHAPTER II.
The Maroquine dynasties. - Family of the Shereefian Monarchs. - Personal
appearances and character of Muley Abd Errahman. - Refutation of the
charge of human sacrifices against the Moorish Princes. - Genealogy of
the reigning dynasty of Morocco. - The tyraufc Yezeed, (half
Irish). - Muley Suleiman, the "The Shereeff of Shereefs." - Diplomatic
relations of the Emperor of Morocco with European Powers. - Muley Ismael
enamoured with the French Princess de Conti. - Rival diplomacy of France
and England near the Maroquine Court. - Mr. Hay's correspondence with
this Court on the Slave-trade. - Treaties between Great Britain and
Morocco; how defective and requiring amendment. - Unwritten engagements.
CHAPTER III.
The two different aspects by which the strength and resources of the
Empire of Morocco may be viewed or estimated. - Native appellation of
Morocco. - Geographical limits of this country. - Historical review of the
inhabitants of North Africa, and the manner in which this region was
successively peopled and conquered. - The distinct varieties of the human
race, as found in Morocco. - Nature of the soil and climate of this
country.
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