Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco, a narrative of exploration . ndreddollars to this charitable fund. By this means manyhundreds of deformed and diseased poor are supported. There is a story current in the city that Moroccois doomed by Allah to be overrun by a French armyas a scourge to the faithful, but that on its arrival atMaraksh the general will proceed to the mosque ofAbdul Aziz, and on his entering he and his whole armyof infidels will at once recognise that there is no Godbut the one God, and that Mohammed is His prophet. There are several other important mosques inMorocco, suc
Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco, a narrative of exploration . ndreddollars to this charitable fund. By this means manyhundreds of deformed and diseased poor are supported. There is a story current in the city that Moroccois doomed by Allah to be overrun by a French armyas a scourge to the faithful, but that on its arrival atMaraksh the general will proceed to the mosque ofAbdul Aziz, and on his entering he and his whole armyof infidels will at once recognise that there is no Godbut the one God, and that Mohammed is His prophet. There are several other important mosques inMorocco, such as Sidi Yusuf, Sidi Wasan, &c., buttheir exteriors present no features worthy of de-scription. i MARAKSH. 355 Outside the purely business and manufacturingquarters the only other structures deserving of noticeare one or two gateways, the fundaks or business placesof the wealthy merchants, and several fountains. Of the gateways, the finest is one leading into theKasbah, no great distance from the Kutubia. This isreally a very handsome massive structure of stone,. ENTRANCE TO PALACE COURT. beautifully carved in arabesque scroll work. Like theKutubia, and all things artistic in Morocco which com-mand our admiration, this Kasbah gate belongs to theold order of things. The date of its erection is, as faras I am aware, unknown, but it is probably not lessthan four hundred years old. 356 MOROCCO. Among the later buildings of tlie same character,the most effective are those to be seen inside theprecincts of the palace. One of these, communicatingbetween two courts, is perhaps in the best style ofmodern Moorish art. Its chief characteristics are thefine arch surmounted by effective projecting mouldings,a sloping top or roof covered with green tiles, and asmall pinnacle on either side. The colour is white witha bordering of lake to represent layers of bricks. Eventhis palace gateway is constructed of tahia and sun-dried bricks plastered over and whitewashed. In the palace grounds nothi
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