The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . Virginia, but thedevelopment of this article has not been encouraged,since its use has always been regarded as of doubtfullegality, and by Sulaiman II. and YX Hasan III. it hastwice within a century been destroyed throughout theEmpire, but in vain. A wild variety is indigenous. A plant called zurnakh or Jews mallows has thecredit of being a substitute for the cravings caused by * For an epitome of has been recorded of these several gumssee the appendices of Hooker and Balls work. For special researches onthe subject see Bibl. arts. 4
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . Virginia, but thedevelopment of this article has not been encouraged,since its use has always been regarded as of doubtfullegality, and by Sulaiman II. and YX Hasan III. it hastwice within a century been destroyed throughout theEmpire, but in vain. A wild variety is indigenous. A plant called zurnakh or Jews mallows has thecredit of being a substitute for the cravings caused by * For an epitome of has been recorded of these several gumssee the appendices of Hooker and Balls work. For special researches onthe subject see Bibl. arts. 471 and 2, 480, 1165 and 1512. The lastbeing a report drawn up subsequently to that of Hooker. Thomassv, p. 231. * Ali Bey, p. 173, and Times of Morocco, March 10 and17, 1887. 46 VEGETABLE PRODUCTS il/edicinu/Plants. the use of hemp, and also of an other medicinal plants in use may be men-tioned colocynth, of which a large varietyused to be exported from Mogador with the rind lefton for exhibition in druggists windows; tserbil, a sort. MOORISH IRRKiATlON WHEEL. Jliotognip/i by Hcrbcii JJ7iite^ Esq. of sage used as cooling for wounds; squills, called Pharoahs onions (bsal Faraon), abound in the BeniHasan and Zarhon country, the root is pounded in waterand the fibres of the stalk are used to supplement goat-hair in weaving canvas for tents. Mignonette is indigenous FORGOTTEN PRODUCTS 47 to Morocco,* having been transported first to France,—where it obtained its pAiropean name—and thence in1742 to England. Many sweet herbs are cultivated,but there are many districts in which there is so muchwild peppermint that the air around is scented as oneshorse treads among it. The sugar-cane, though at one time extensively cul-tivated, is now practically unknown in Morocco—whenceit was formerly exported to Europe-—the Su:;ar. province of Dukalla being in those days knownas Blad es-Sukkar, the sugar country. Idreesi speaks ofthe sugar of Sus, for which the district was f
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