The Burton Holmes lectures; . hich foreigners could liveand remain in possession of their self-respect and sanity. Theonly places of public entertainment are the Fondaks, wheremen and mules are lodged and fed. A glance through thedoor of the Fondak, where our own faithful animals werelater in the day entered as boarders for an indefinite period,proved how utterly preposterous it would be for us to dependupon the hotel resources of the capital. Although the packshave been removed, the pack-saddles, eacii a burden in not been taken off nor will they be until to-morrow forfear the ani
The Burton Holmes lectures; . hich foreigners could liveand remain in possession of their self-respect and sanity. Theonly places of public entertainment are the Fondaks, wheremen and mules are lodged and fed. A glance through thedoor of the Fondak, where our own faithful animals werelater in the day entered as boarders for an indefinite period,proved how utterly preposterous it would be for us to dependupon the hotel resources of the capital. Although the packshave been removed, the pack-saddles, eacii a burden in not been taken off nor will they be until to-morrow forfear the animals uncovered while heated from exertion mightcatch cold, fall sick, and die. In fact, the mules have notbeen free from these cruel weights at any time during thejourney of eleven days. Why the idea of suicide does notappeal to the Morocco mule is but another of the unaccount-able problems of the land. Convinced that hotel-life in Fez has no attraction for us,we follow Haj toward the palace of the Governor, where, vi FEZ 137. A LABVRINIU OF NARROW \\ A\ S thanks to our officialletters, we expect tofind that ample pro-visions for our com-fort have been halt at last beforean unpromising door,in a deep and narrowstreet. The palaceof the Basha is notextremely imposing inits exterior, but weknow that in Moroccobare outer walls oftenhide undreamed - ofsplendor, and thatdirty, dingy streetsmay surround pavil-ions and gardens ofunsuspected it is withcontidence that we in- trust our letters,long, beautifullywritten documentsin Arabic, to theattendant at thedoor. He disap-pears ; we wait ;he remains out ofsight ; we con-tinue to wait. For three long,mortal hours this
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