Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . ver, and held them ready foraction. Thus prepared for whatever might happen, weset ourselves to scale the excessively steep crest of thecentral mass of the range, which so fir we had onlyskirted. We had not ascended more than a thousand feetabove the mountain step or terrace of Erduz, when wefound ourselves enveloped in a dense mist. Our menceased their talk, and even the soldier sank into silence,as we slowly zigzagged upward and penetrated deeperand deeper into the all-enveloping mist, which mightalso prove to them their s
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . ver, and held them ready foraction. Thus prepared for whatever might happen, weset ourselves to scale the excessively steep crest of thecentral mass of the range, which so fir we had onlyskirted. We had not ascended more than a thousand feetabove the mountain step or terrace of Erduz, when wefound ourselves enveloped in a dense mist. Our menceased their talk, and even the soldier sank into silence,as we slowly zigzagged upward and penetrated deeperand deeper into the all-enveloping mist, which mightalso prove to them their shroud and winding-sheet. For 330 MOROCCO. over an hour and ti halt more we continued the ascent,seeing almost nothing but one another appearing anddisappearing in tlio mist. At the end of that time,however, we were delighted to note a gradual lightingnp of our surroundings, and in half an hour we emergedrom the cloud zone and found an intensely clear bluesky overhead, and underneath one of the most weirdlybeautiful and striking spectacles it is possible to THR CLOUD SCENE, TIZI NSLIT. The monotonous grey mist tlirough which we hadpassed stretched out before us in an illimitable ghostlysea 01 tumbling billows, breaking in snow-white this fleecy expanse or dazzling white the mainaxis of the Atlas rose sharply defined, its frowningmass in marked contrast to the sea of clouds, thouglipatches and streaks of snow still defied the summer run ASCENT OF JRBEL OGDIMT. 331 sun. From tlio ccTitral ridge a number of spurs pro-jected towards the north, forming jutting headlandsand promontories, between which the snowy cloudspenetrated like so many arms of the sea. That nothingshould be wanting to complete tlie illusion, the cloudbillows driven before a morning breeze dashed them-selves against the apparent precipitous rocky coast-line,and were transformed into the most perfect resemblanceof spray and foam as they crept up the dark mountainsides. The whole scene was made m
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