The Burton Holmes lectures; . wo make knowntheir presence,even to the blind,by strong gin-likearomas waftedthence. Whenlost in the laby-rinthine mazeof Moorish Tan-gier, the foreignerhas but to followhis nose to reachthe place whererum and brandyare on sale, and European civilization well in exidence. Thenhe may emerge into the lesser market-place, or Soko, as itis called in local speech. Here he finds one tiny French cafeand the postal stations of England, Spain, and France ; foras Morocco s postal-service is on a par with its other govern-mental enterprises, these nations each maintain post-
The Burton Holmes lectures; . wo make knowntheir presence,even to the blind,by strong gin-likearomas waftedthence. Whenlost in the laby-rinthine mazeof Moorish Tan-gier, the foreignerhas but to followhis nose to reachthe place whererum and brandyare on sale, and European civilization well in exidence. Thenhe may emerge into the lesser market-place, or Soko, as itis called in local speech. Here he finds one tiny French cafeand the postal stations of England, Spain, and France ; foras Morocco s postal-service is on a par with its other govern-mental enterprises, these nations each maintain post-officesin Tangier and an elaborate courier service in the mails now penetrate to Fez, even to Mequinez andMorocco City, with tolerable dispatch and certainty. While we refresh ourselves at the cafe, we are amused bythe ape-like antics of a negro from the far-away province ofSuss. His wig of wool is hung with shells and teeth andnails, all of which clatter as he dances to the music of apair of iron THE STREET OF KCROPEAN SHOPS INTO MOROCCO 35 But he cannot compare in picturesqueness with this othervisitor — a superb representative of the saintly beggar imposing a revelation of dignity in rags it is not possibleto find among men of any other race or creed. We learnthat this haughty mendicant is crazy ; that in Morocco,insanity is the most valuable asset of those who desire toengage in what European residents irreverently term thesaint business. The Moors are convinced that if the mindof a man inhabit not his body, it is because God, havingdiscerned in that mind much beauty of holiness, retains it inparadise as a thing too precious to be sent with the man toearth. Therefore great consideration should be shown forthe mortal coil pertaining to
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