The Burton Holmes lectures; . RISH EMPIRE 241 One of his wildest projects was the building of an ele-vated boulevard, two hundred miles in lenj^^th, along whichhe could ride from Mequinez to Morocco City, safe from theattack of the rebellious tribesmen who hold the interveningprovinces. The huge north gate of this his favored city appears to usas we approach late in the afternoon like the entrance tosome mysterious nowhere. It seems to be a portal to theempty sky, a door through which the traveler might pass intothe infinity of space. It is, in fact, the gate of an almostdeserted metropolis, a
The Burton Holmes lectures; . RISH EMPIRE 241 One of his wildest projects was the building of an ele-vated boulevard, two hundred miles in lenj^^th, along whichhe could ride from Mequinez to Morocco City, safe from theattack of the rebellious tribesmen who hold the interveningprovinces. The huge north gate of this his favored city appears to usas we approach late in the afternoon like the entrance tosome mysterious nowhere. It seems to be a portal to theempty sky, a door through which the traveler might pass intothe infinity of space. It is, in fact, the gate of an almostdeserted metropolis, a city that was built for a populationof one hundred thousand and contains to-day less than sixthousand souls. Small wonder that we find it emptv andforsaken in aspect as we pass from court to court andthrough gate after gate. There are in Mequinez morehouses vacant than occupied, more roofs fallen than intact,more palaces in ruins than huts in good repair. The Sultanis forced to maintain a palace here, for Mequinez ranks with. LIKE THE PORTAL TO A .MYSTERIOUS NOWHERE 16 242 Tiu: MOORISH iimimrI
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