Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . journey, whether we had got all that we required, &c.,&c.; to all of which we contented ourselves with reply-ing, Baraka-lowfik. It needed the more pious phrase,• El Hamdu-lillah! ( Praise God ! ) fitly to respond tohis inquiry if our health were good ; which having dulyand earnestly ejaculated, we left him to understand byour tone and appearance what we could not find wordsto express. The salaam and compliments over, we proceeded tothe inner apartments. Having prematurely put offmy slippers, I had to return to fetch them, a
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . journey, whether we had got all that we required, &c.,&c.; to all of which we contented ourselves with reply-ing, Baraka-lowfik. It needed the more pious phrase,• El Hamdu-lillah! ( Praise God ! ) fitly to respond tohis inquiry if our health were good ; which having dulyand earnestly ejaculated, we left him to understand byour tone and appearance what we could not find wordsto express. The salaam and compliments over, we proceeded tothe inner apartments. Having prematurely put offmy slippers, I had to return to fetch them, and in myhaste to regain my companions I more than once sentmy slippers ahead of me or left them behind me, SIDI REIIAL TO DEMNAT. 151 greatly to the delight of some Negro boys who watchedme round corners. Passing along a bare, gloomy corridor, we were atlength introduced into a charming garden, enclosed atone side by a colonnaded verandah and overlooked onanother by the latticed apartments of the harem. Inthe centre, and from the midst of encircling rose-. i;aui)Kn in kaiijs hoisk. bushes, a fine marble fountain threw a crystalline jetof water into the air. Passing round the court by a marble-paved footpath,we passed underneath the verandah and entered theKaids reception-room, the door of which was extremelyrichly painted and carved. The Kaid now took his scat on a mattress which 152 MOROCCO. did duty as a divau, and we were motioued to followhis example. In trying to do so in proper Moorish fashion, weended by flopping down in a most undignified mannerand ignominioiisly drawing our legs under us. Again the Kaid broke forth into compliments andformal inquiries, but these being beyond our depth,we allowed Assor, who accompanied us, to keep respon-sive pace with him while we took stock of the , on examination, proved to be most handsomelydecorated with a dado of tiles arranged in intricategeometric patterns. Beautiful stucco arabesque sur-rounded the doorways and windo
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