The Burton Holmes lectures; . IHli WKSl EKNMOST SIRONGHULU Ul . S FAITH 124 IEZ only after repeated excursions to the surrounding eminencesthat I was able to map out mentally the various quarters ofthe town. That there are two great divisions, each almostindependent of the other, we very soon discover. First, there is the Imperial and official quarter, wherethe palaces and gardens of the Sultan and the buildings ofthe government are scattered over uncounted acres of high-. walled areas. In native speech, this (juarter is called Fass-el-Djedi(l ; that is, Iez, the new, for it is new w
The Burton Holmes lectures; . IHli WKSl EKNMOST SIRONGHULU Ul . S FAITH 124 IEZ only after repeated excursions to the surrounding eminencesthat I was able to map out mentally the various quarters ofthe town. That there are two great divisions, each almostindependent of the other, we very soon discover. First, there is the Imperial and official quarter, wherethe palaces and gardens of the Sultan and the buildings ofthe government are scattered over uncounted acres of high-. walled areas. In native speech, this (juarter is called Fass-el-Djedi(l ; that is, Iez, the new, for it is new when meas-ured by the age of Fass-Bali, or Old Fez, which soon revealsitself to us, lying in a hollow to the left of is the }}icdi)ia, or city proper, wherein are situated themost sacred mosques, the busiest bazaars, the dwellings ofthe poorer classes, and the modest Vice-Consulates of onlytwo or three European nations. Between the animatedMedina, — a mass of closely packed cubes of white, appearing^ FEZ 12; when viewed from a distance like a saucer filled with sugarlumps, — and the spacious, stately governmental quarter, lieswhat is called the garden region. This portion of the city in part resembles a well-cultivatedfarming region, open and free of access ; in part it is like alabyrinth of narrow high-walled alleys, dividing, with theirdouble barriers of stone and plaster, one mysterious gardenfrom another, isolating the secret retreat of one aristoc
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