The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . s as difficult to persuade him that I was not atleast a convert to Christianity from Islam, as I shouldhave thoug-ht it would have been to persuade ^ ^ ^ ^ ° Proof of Success. him that I was a Muslim. Bearing this inmind, I had no doubt that by simply telling the stricttruth about myself, and allowing them to draw theirown conclusions, I should generally pass for the son ofa Moorish merchant settled in England, and thus it , during a days ride in Moorish dress, I countedthe number of people saluted by the way. and wasgratified to
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . s as difficult to persuade him that I was not atleast a convert to Christianity from Islam, as I shouldhave thoug-ht it would have been to persuade ^ ^ ^ ^ ° Proof of Success. him that I was a Muslim. Bearing this inmind, I had no doubt that by simply telling the stricttruth about myself, and allowing them to draw theirown conclusions, I should generally pass for the son ofa Moorish merchant settled in England, and thus it , during a days ride in Moorish dress, I countedthe number of people saluted by the way. and wasgratified to find that although on a European saddle * Since erected at Woking in Indian style. Quite small, but pleasinglydesigned. The Liveqiool mosque has been exposed by the Muslimsin England themselves. 430 IN MOORISH GUISE and near Tangier, about ninety per cent replied in theformula which showed that they thought me a Moor,A considerable number saluted me first, and among thesewas an old employe, who was fairly astonished when Imade myself known to MY FAITHFUL EN ROUTE.(Riding a pack-mule with the batterie de cuisine.) Photograph by R. y. Moss, Esq. Another striking instance of this occurred in Fez,where, before entering any house, I paid an unintentionalvisit to the very shrine I wished to see. Out-Instance ^^^^ ^^ gates I had stopped to change my costume, and passing in apart from my faith-ful Mohammed, after a stroll to about the centre of thecity, I asked at a shop the way to a certain house. AN ARAB OF THE ARABS 431 The owner called a lad who knew the neighbourhood,to whom I explained what I wanted, and ofif we a few minutes I paused on the threshold of a finelyornamented building, different from any other I had unsuspicious. I inquired what it was, and learnedthat we were in a street as sacred as a mosque, andthat my guide was taking me a short cut through thesanctuary of Mulai Idrees! Some days later, lantern and slippers in one hand,and ro
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