The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . t imperfect Coffer. ? and primitive manner. The geographer Idreesimentions a fine light coloured quality as procuredfrom near Tadla, but the mountains above Tarudant ^ at Tasellergt, near the Bibawan Pass, have long beenthe principal source, though the district of Mesf iwa nearMarrakesh has also been worked, and Thomassy mentionsa mine near Mequinez—probably the Tadla one—asfurnishing over 20,000 quintals a year for export toFrance. In 1741 a French tartane was taken by the * p. 73. ^ Andrews, Jimcs of Morocco, No. 21. ? See Mouette, p. 317.
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . t imperfect Coffer. ? and primitive manner. The geographer Idreesimentions a fine light coloured quality as procuredfrom near Tadla, but the mountains above Tarudant ^ at Tasellergt, near the Bibawan Pass, have long beenthe principal source, though the district of Mesf iwa nearMarrakesh has also been worked, and Thomassy mentionsa mine near Mequinez—probably the Tadla one—asfurnishing over 20,000 quintals a year for export toFrance. In 1741 a French tartane was taken by the * p. 73. ^ Andrews, Jimcs of Morocco, No. 21. ? See Mouette, p. 317. * Jackson, p. 74. = Mas Latrie, p. 380. * Lenz, vol. i., p. 285, among others. IRON WORKINGS 29 privateer Revenge while conveying copper from Agadir,but it is a long time since more was produced than wasrequired for native coinage and household of copper ore found in Sus were presentedto the Arksis adventurers in 1883, together with oresof iron, lead, and antimony,- and their successors in1898 picked up copper ore ANCIENT IRON Hadeed, Wbila.) P/io/oi^ndp/i by Joscfh Tlioiitsoii, Esq. Iron has been extracted in several parts, notablyfrom the extinct volcanic crater of Jebel Hadeed (IronMountain) in Abda, where at a height of 2470 feet theancient galleries may yet be followed, ^ and at Ida-00-ltilt in Sus, whence metal is obtainedfor the gun-smiths who have made that province obtained permission in 1848 to search forore round Rabat, and workmen in iron were brought 1,0,1. WVAII, p. 2 Okev, p. 77. 2 Andkkws, Cf. , vol. i., p. 333.• See vol. ii., p. 120. 30 MINERAL RESOURCES^ from the Rif. Twenty camel loads were procured, andfurnaces, suitable for copper only, erected in the back-yard of the consulate. In the 17th century we read of tin being found on the road from Salli to Tetuan—in Anjera probably— o-reat revenue being derived from the lading T 7 , t\ therewith of barques for Marseilles, but po
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