Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . much out at the elbows,and utterly careless of its personal appearance. Andyet, as we persevered in our exploration, and got ridof our preconceived notions, with all its air of dilapida-tion the city again began to grow upon us. In themost unexpected places, often midst tumbling ruinsand all the signs of rapid decay, we were continuallyattracted by a group of palms or the sight of someinteresting example of Moorish workmanship. Here it was a fountain on which the artist had. FOUNTAIN IN MOROCCO. MARAKSII, OR CITY OF MOROCCO.
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . much out at the elbows,and utterly careless of its personal appearance. Andyet, as we persevered in our exploration, and got ridof our preconceived notions, with all its air of dilapida-tion the city again began to grow upon us. In themost unexpected places, often midst tumbling ruinsand all the signs of rapid decay, we were continuallyattracted by a group of palms or the sight of someinteresting example of Moorish workmanship. Here it was a fountain on which the artist had. FOUNTAIN IN MOROCCO. MARAKSII, OR CITY OF MOROCCO. 131 lavished all the wealth u( his Oriental iinagiuation,aud shown all his manipulative skill in stucco, wood-caiving, tile-wurk, and colour. There it was thehorse-shoe-shaped doorway of a mosque overhung witheirective mouldings. Vic got delightful hasty glimpses of mosque interiors,too, all the more attractive because forbidden andpartaking of a spice of danger. These displayed coolaisles and beautiful wall-decoration in stucco, arabesque,and tile-work. There in the subdued light, near theMihrab, pious Moslems could be seen prostrating them-selves before the one God, and shady colonnadessurrounded marble-paved courts, where sparkling foun-tains cooled the air. It was not, however, in its architectural featuresthat we found the special charm of Morocco. As in allOriental cities, it was its people and its street-scenesthat gave the most picturesque effects. The verybeargars carried their rags with such an air—theva])pealed to the pas
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