The Burton Holmes lectures; . the empty spaciolsness ok new 1-EZ FEZ 133 ury-old masonry. I should but weary you were I to de-scribe our progress in detail ; suffice it to repeat that beforewe reach Old Fez we pass through many gates and traverseinterminable, broad, deserted alleys leading between high,crumbling, battlemented walls, where we are stared at,muttered at, scowled at, by the shaven-pated youth of Fez, while more mature citi-zens exhibit their con-tempt by striding pastwithout so much as a. A PLBLIC SQLARE look. It argues an inmiense amount ofself-control to refrain from gazing on s
The Burton Holmes lectures; . the empty spaciolsness ok new 1-EZ FEZ 133 ury-old masonry. I should but weary you were I to de-scribe our progress in detail ; suffice it to repeat that beforewe reach Old Fez we pass through many gates and traverseinterminable, broad, deserted alleys leading between high,crumbling, battlemented walls, where we are stared at,muttered at, scowled at, by the shaven-pated youth of Fez, while more mature citi-zens exhibit their con-tempt by striding pastwithout so much as a. A PLBLIC SQLARE look. It argues an inmiense amount ofself-control to refrain from gazing on such an unusual spec-tacle as our caravan presented, simply because we were nottrue believers. Nevertheless, there were few among thebetter dressed men whom we met, who did not marchseverely by, nose in air, eyes front, denying themselves thesatisfaction of an interested stare, because an initial glancehad assured them that we were unclean I confess that this reproach, owing to our ten daystravel overland, and to the scarcity of water in Morocco, was 134 FEZ oiiK too well founded, yet we found it consoling to noticeconvincing proofs that numy of the true believers were alsowithout the virtue that is next to godliness. Moreover, weintended to reform as soon as we could hnd a home, while nosuch admirable intentions can be credited to those whoreviled us. But as for the ladies we encountered — bless their femininesouls! — with them, womanly curiosity proved stronger thanrelig
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