The passing of the Shereefian empire . >> A VANISHING COURT. 153 of mind at the absence of cash. Neverthelessthe Sultans entry into the town, past the oldtombs of the Saltans and the ruins of Sheila,surrounded by the picturesque and many-colouredhorde of Arabs, was an imposing spectacle, andworthy of the highest traditions of the Shereefianthrone. It looked more like the triumphant pro-cession of a monarch beloved and honoured by hisfaithful subjects than the hasty flight of a Sultanwho had lost all the respect and prestige attach-ing to his position. Abdul Aziz was destined tomake just
The passing of the Shereefian empire . >> A VANISHING COURT. 153 of mind at the absence of cash. Neverthelessthe Sultans entry into the town, past the oldtombs of the Saltans and the ruins of Sheila,surrounded by the picturesque and many-colouredhorde of Arabs, was an imposing spectacle, andworthy of the highest traditions of the Shereefianthrone. It looked more like the triumphant pro-cession of a monarch beloved and honoured by hisfaithful subjects than the hasty flight of a Sultanwho had lost all the respect and prestige attach-ing to his position. Abdul Aziz was destined tomake just one more journey as Sultan of Morocco,—not, it is true, as an independent monarch, butunder the segis of the infidel; and of the disastrousend I shall relate later. Abdul Azizs real troubles commenced after hisarrival at Rabat. He established himself, with hiswomen and a few faithful retainers, in a little whitehouse hardly worthy of the name of palace, wherethe Sultan Moulai Hassan, his father, lies followers were camped
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