Marocco and the Moors: being an account of travels, with a general description of the country and its people . lounging about or praying devoutly. In oneplace gunpowder was in the process of manufacturein a manner the most primitive, as were also otherarticles in ways as simple. At length we reached the object of our search :the far-famed mosque known as Katoubia. Itstands in an open part of the city, adorned withgardens, and will be presently described. During our long rambles on this day we avoided,as much as possible, all crowds and thoroughfares ;nevertheless we were, as usual, the object
Marocco and the Moors: being an account of travels, with a general description of the country and its people . lounging about or praying devoutly. In oneplace gunpowder was in the process of manufacturein a manner the most primitive, as were also otherarticles in ways as simple. At length we reached the object of our search :the far-famed mosque known as Katoubia. Itstands in an open part of the city, adorned withgardens, and will be presently described. During our long rambles on this day we avoided,as much as possible, all crowds and thoroughfares ;nevertheless we were, as usual, the object of cursesand invectives. Many of these would not beartranslation, one of the mildest being, ^May Godburn your father. Christian dog ! The Moors con-sider it the greatest insult to curse the parents ofthose they hate. My first experiment with the Moorish costume infull was not satisfactory, for hitherto I had onlyworn the jelabur. The weather was sultry, andmy efforts to keep on the ill-fitting yellow slipperswhile walking were most fatiguing. It was alsovery irritating, whether walking or riding, to have. MOORISH COSTUME. [To face page 132. RESIDENCE m THE CITY OF MAROCCO. ]33 the haik coatinually falling down. This garmentis a long white sheet worn folded in a peculiar way-round the body, while one end is thrown over theleft shoulder. These mischances were not solelydue to inexperience, for the Moors themselves wereconstantly adjusting the end of these flowing gar-ments as they walked along, often to the danger ofthe eyes of passers-by. It was obvious enough that our disguise wasonly a rough one. In spite of turban and beard,sun-burning, and flowing robes, we were easilyrecognized as Europeans by any Moor who met a little distance, however, the disguise was sufii-ciently effective to keep us from being mobbed,more particularly as when under observation wealways kept moving. Oct. 6.—On this day we went early to the grain-market, which is held in an open space in thecent
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