. Life in Morocco and glimpses beyond . towns-people come out to seem to far outnumber the men, doubtlesson account of their size and their conspicuous head-dress. They are almost entirely enveloped inwhite haiks, over the majority of which are thrownhuge native sun-hats made of palmetto, with fourcoloured cords by way of rigging to keep the brimextended. When the sun Qfoes down these are tobe seen slung across the shoulders instead. Verymany of the women have children slung on theirbacks, or squatting on their hips if big causes them to stoop, especially if some oth
. Life in Morocco and glimpses beyond . towns-people come out to seem to far outnumber the men, doubtlesson account of their size and their conspicuous head-dress. They are almost entirely enveloped inwhite haiks, over the majority of which are thrownhuge native sun-hats made of palmetto, with fourcoloured cords by way of rigging to keep the brimextended. When the sun Qfoes down these are tobe seen slung across the shoulders instead. Verymany of the women have children slung on theirbacks, or squatting on their hips if big causes them to stoop, especially if some otherburden is carried on their shoulders as well. On our right are typical Moorish shops,—grocers, if you please,—in which are exposed toview an assortment of dried fruits, such as nuts,raisins, figs, etc., with olive and argan oil, candles,tea, sugar, and native soap and butter. Certainlyof all the goods that butter is the least inviting;the soap, though the purest of soft, looks ahorribly repulsive mass, but the butter which, like. b; ■^ O <IS o W A SUNDAY MARKET 129 it, is streaked all over with finger marks, is inaddition full of hairs. Similar shops are perchedon our left, where old English biscuit-boxes areconspicuous. Beyond these come slipper- and former are at work on native slippers of suchage that they would long ago have been thrownaway in any less poverty-stricken land, trans-forming them into wearable if unsightly articles,after well soaking them in earthen pans. Just herea native medicine man dispenses nostrums ofdoubtful efficacy, and in front a quantity of redMoorish pottery is exposed for sale. This consistschiefly of braziers for charcoal and kesksoo steamersfor stewing meat and vegetables as well. A native cafe\i^x^ attracts our attention. Underthe shade of a covered way the kahwaji has abrazier on which he keeps a large kettle of waterboiling. A few steps further on we light upon thesellers of native salt. This is in very large cr
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