Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . been known to desecratethe hallowed precincts. That of course was the morereason for going; for what else did we travel butto do and see things that other people had not doneand seen. Our hope lay in this, that after the Acha,or supper-prayers at 9 , the baths are reserved forfamilies, and those who can afford to take them for thenight and bring with them their own servants, &c. We accordingly dispatched our most intelligent andfluent liar of a servant with varte-hlanvlic to exercisehis special talents to secure the hamm
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . been known to desecratethe hallowed precincts. That of course was the morereason for going; for what else did we travel butto do and see things that other people had not doneand seen. Our hope lay in this, that after the Acha,or supper-prayers at 9 , the baths are reserved forfamilies, and those who can afford to take them for thenight and bring with them their own servants, &c. We accordingly dispatched our most intelligent andfluent liar of a servant with varte-hlanvlic to exercisehis special talents to secure the hammum for our use,of course strictly hiding our identity with anythinginfidel. To our delight he succeeded in arranging thematter. Needless to say, it was as necessary to goin disguise to the hammum as when visiting ourMoorish friend. LIFE IN MARAKSII. 3^7 After the call to prayers had resounded over thecity, we started off, accompanied by most of oui* men,all in a <rreaf funk, and very reluctant to go,—no onemore so than Assor, who, to the fear of detection,. IN KisauiSE. added all the iiiiaLjinnry liorrors of a t Iioituil!]! wasliino-an operation of which he had had no practical expe-rience in his whole lifetime. 388 MOROCCO. We had Imrely left our ([iiarters before we liadnearly spoiled all. Each, in his absurd eagerness tosee that the other looked the Moor, broke more thanonce into audible English speech, till energetic tugsfrom the men brought him once more to his latter did their best to surround us and ward offinspection, but the narrowness of the streets and thenumbers of people still moving about made that nextto impossible. At one place an unmistakable referenceto Christians was made. All that we could do was totake no notice and hurry on, quite unaware whetherwe were being followed or not. It seemed not, how-ever, as we reached the door of the hammum withoutobstruction or disturbance. Here we were again nearlycaught; for thinking that the baths were de
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