The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . eave was outstayed, and he barely escaped moreserious trouble at home. In such a case the questionof provisions becomes formidable, and the traveller is insorry plight. I say this feelingly, for I write in mytent in Shrarda in the month of January, detained bypouring rain, unable to set foot outside. * All things considered, therefore, the best advice to be given to those who have any idea of travelling inland here in winter is dont, unless for some . , r y ? Advice. special reason apart from pleasure, except ina very dry season, but even th
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . eave was outstayed, and he barely escaped moreserious trouble at home. In such a case the questionof provisions becomes formidable, and the traveller is insorry plight. I say this feelingly, for I write in mytent in Shrarda in the month of January, detained bypouring rain, unable to set foot outside. * All things considered, therefore, the best advice to be given to those who have any idea of travelling inland here in winter is dont, unless for some . , r y ? Advice. special reason apart from pleasure, except ina very dry season, but even then there is a risk ofparticularly heavy rains to finish up with. The worstperiod is called liali, and extends from December i ith toJanuary 21st, Old Style,—as the natives reckon,—or fromDecember 23rd to February ist, according to our ca-lendar. The corresponding hot season in summer, calledthe smaim, equally to be avoided, comprises the fortydays from July nth to Aug. 21st, correspondingto our July 23rd to Sept. ist. » Written in THE AUTHOR.(In Moorish Guise).P)iotogiaph by Elliot &r^ Fry^ Baker St., IV. CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECONDIN MOORISH GUISE TO those who have not themselves experienced whatthe attempt to see an eastern country in nativeguise entails, a few stray notes of what it has been mylot to encounter in seeking for knowledge in this style, will no doubt be of interest. Such an undcr- , like every other style of adventure, has both its advantages and disadvantages. To thestudent of the people the former are immense, and ifhe can put up with whatever comes, he will be wellrepaid for all the trials by the way. In no other mannercan a European mix with any freedom with the nativesof this country. When once he has discarded the out-ward distinguishing features of what they consider ahostile infidelity, and has as far as possible adopted theirdress and their mode of life, he has spanned one of thegreat gulfs which have hitherto yawned betw
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