The Burton Holmes lectures; . SWITCHING THE BAGGAGE-CARAT THE FERKV ^oo THE MOORISH EMPIRE. THK SALLI-RAIiAT FEKK\ walls down to the River Bu Ragreg, on the opposite shore ofwhich rises the city of Rabat, our destination. As we lookback toward the white line traced by Sallis gleaininj^ house-tops, our thoughts go back to the hero of our childhood,Robinson Crusoe who, taken by the Salli Rovers, was thereheld in slavery for many months, finally escaping in a smallboat belonging to his Moorish master. Another famous char-acter, Captain John Sinilli. came to Salli in 1604; but whyhe came and what
The Burton Holmes lectures; . SWITCHING THE BAGGAGE-CARAT THE FERKV ^oo THE MOORISH EMPIRE. THK SALLI-RAIiAT FEKK\ walls down to the River Bu Ragreg, on the opposite shore ofwhich rises the city of Rabat, our destination. As we lookback toward the white line traced by Sallis gleaininj^ house-tops, our thoughts go back to the hero of our childhood,Robinson Crusoe who, taken by the Salli Rovers, was thereheld in slavery for many months, finally escaping in a smallboat belonging to his Moorish master. Another famous char-acter, Captain John Sinilli. came to Salli in 1604; but whyhe came and what he did there we do not definitely years the Corsairs of this port were the scourge of Chris-tian merchant-ships. Piracy was then a recognized profes-sion, the title pirate an honorable one. in fact, thehighest naval title of to-day is but a corrujjtion of thatassumed by the old pirate chiefs: Eord of the Sea. Ameer-el-Bahr,—Admiral ! Salli and Rabat, although within gunshot of one another,differ wideh in character. Salli is rabidh anti-foreisju. THE MOORISH EMPIRE 50I Rabat i
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