Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . table-topped masses which dominate all, makeup a scene of the utmost impressiveness. That evening we spent pleasantly round the lantern,which did duty for the camp-fire, and heard muchfrom -Tew and Berber about the mountains and theirinhabitants. The story of a grizzly old Shellach whoformed one of our guards, describing how he hadwith his own hand killed his unfaithful wife and herguilty paramour, threw a ghastly light upon the rouijh-and-ready laws which had prevailed in these attendant soldier from Demnat, howev
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . table-topped masses which dominate all, makeup a scene of the utmost impressiveness. That evening we spent pleasantly round the lantern,which did duty for the camp-fire, and heard muchfrom -Tew and Berber about the mountains and theirinhabitants. The story of a grizzly old Shellach whoformed one of our guards, describing how he hadwith his own hand killed his unfaithful wife and herguilty paramour, threw a ghastly light upon the rouijh-and-ready laws which had prevailed in these attendant soldier from Demnat, however, was care-ful to inform us that under the domination of Seedna(our lord, , th(> Sultan) such ptiiiishment for ailultervwas not permitted. Instead, the outraged feelings of I go MOROCCO. the husband were soothed by divorce and the pay-ment by tlie co-respondent of a sum of money, notto him, but to the Sheik or governor, who consequentlylooked with favouring eyes on such lapses from virtue,till the time came for applying the day we left DACOERS, HOKK, AND ORNAIIENTS. ( 191 ) CHAPTER XIV. THE GLE^ OE THE WAD GADAT. Ox our return to Demnat after our excursion to Tasim-set and tlie heights of Tazaroch, nothing remained butto prepare for our departure. There was no fre-quented route across the range from Demnat, nor anyaccessible Kasbah or town which wo could attempt toreach. Farther east we could not go. The mountainregions of the Entifa and Tedla, the Moyen Atlas ofDe Foucauld, being in revolt against the Sultan, werenot in a mood to receive strangers, and we could neitheratlbrd to be killed nor to be defeated. Our only fea-sible plan was to try the route through Glauwa to thebasin of the Dra, on the opposite side of the moun-tains. Having secured the services of David Assor as in-terpreter, we left Demnat on the 5 th of June, ostensiblyfor Sidi Rehal and Morocco, but in reality for Tezert. All night long an exceedingly hot, dry wind hadblow
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