The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . preparedand cut, so that they were able to put it together in aremarkably short space of time. On August 13th, 1844, during the French war withMorocco, the Prince de Joinville bombarded Mogadorwith three ships of the line, a frigate, two 1 • i> 1 re A French steamers and some brigs, init the town suttered from the neighbouring tribes, who camedown and sacked it. When peace was signed in Sep-tember, the messenger who brought the news foundno one there to receive it. During Ramadan 1873. onthe accession of Mulai el Hasan, f
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . preparedand cut, so that they were able to put it together in aremarkably short space of time. On August 13th, 1844, during the French war withMorocco, the Prince de Joinville bombarded Mogadorwith three ships of the line, a frigate, two 1 • i> 1 re A French steamers and some brigs, init the town suttered from the neighbouring tribes, who camedown and sacked it. When peace was signed in Sep-tember, the messenger who brought the news foundno one there to receive it. During Ramadan 1873. onthe accession of Mulai el Hasan, four kaids of andShicidhma having taken refuge in Mogador, the tribesmenbesieged the place closely As they had no cannonthey could only cut off the water-supply and destroy thegardens Hut as this meant starvation to the besiegersas well as to the besieged, some of their friends in townlet them in for a feed at night! * This is about 48 m. north of the i)resciU Mogador: on the ^oulh sideof the Tanstft stands a kasbah of Mulai Ismail. CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH CLOSED rORTS or ASILA* (ARZILLA). SOME 27 miles, or a good days ride, south-west bysouth of Tangier, hes the unfortunate port of Azila,unfortunate because its situation and its rivals promiseit a future no brighter than its past, which has ^ , , . ^, J--arlv II is toy. been neither noteworthy nor glorious. 1 eteven Azila has its place in history, and can look backto Roman times, though in Morocco the sole patent ofnobility would seem to be a Carthaginian strain. Tothe Romans Azila was known as Zilia, Constantia Zilia,or Julia Traducta, according to the authority preferred,but it was probably little more than a station on theroad from Tingis to Volubilis. It could never have beenmuch of a port, notwithstanding its fair road- . . RoadsteaJ. stead, so it never gained a reputation forpiracy. The little river of Azila which crosses the sandsto the north is of no importance, but a reef of rocks,on which the
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