Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco, a narrative of exploration . things considered, it mustbe admitted it would be the best solution of thequestion for Morocco. The French, though no colo-nists, have shown themselves capable of great andunselfisli sacrifices in opening up the regions in Africaof whicli tliey have taken possession. Of course it run HOUSE-TOPS. 443 will be asked, what about our retention of Gibraltarand our power in the Mediterranean ? On that subjectI do not pretend to speak as an authority. Doubtlesswe should know at the proper time how to take suchsteps as might be nec
Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco, a narrative of exploration . things considered, it mustbe admitted it would be the best solution of thequestion for Morocco. The French, though no colo-nists, have shown themselves capable of great andunselfisli sacrifices in opening up the regions in Africaof whicli tliey have taken possession. Of course it run HOUSE-TOPS. 443 will be asked, what about our retention of Gibraltarand our power in the Mediterranean ? On that subjectI do not pretend to speak as an authority. Doubtlesswe should know at the proper time how to take suchsteps as might be necessary for the safeguarding ofour own interests. In any case, the state of affairs inMorocco is a disgrace to the century, and we cannot bejustified in countenancing it because, forsooth, somereal or imaginary danger to our position at Gibraltar isforeseen by the substitution of an improved Europeangovernment. Shaky and rotten must be the founda-tions of our position in these parts if it is dependenton the continued existence of the Moorish empire as itis at AMONO THE GARDENS, MARAKSH. ( 444 ) CHAPTER XXIX. URIKA, Towards the end of August we began to see our wayto leave Maraksh. The heat had considerably abated;the stores we expected ffom the coast had arrived afteran excessive delay; but best of all, some sores on myfeet, from which I had been suffering for over a fort-night, had taken a favourable turn. The one alloy to our delight at leaving the city wasthe fact that we would once more be thrown upon thetender mercies of our men. David Assor had madeup his mind to return to Demnat, leaving us dependenton Abdul Kader as an interpreter. This arrangementwould have disturbed us more, had it not been thatAbdul Kader was now three months in arrears ofwaeres; and althouofh we still had to revisit themountains, yet we were in a manner on our way toMogador. As the time for our departure arrived, however, itseemed as if we were likely to be deprived even ofAbdul Kaders serv
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