The Burton Holmes lectures; . THE BIGGESr l.\ 1111, UOKLU io8 INTO MOROCCO as if the sunset of the day before was lingerinj^ here to meetthe sunset of the morrow. It is as if Ahnighty Allah hadselected the Empire of Mogreb for his sanctuary, and hadspread out upon its sacred floor a prayer-rug of unutterablebeauty, wo\en b\- the divine looms — a carpet of heavenlydesign to inspire man to fall upon his knees and pray. This is our life during ten delightful, never-to-be-forgottendays. All day we journey southward, pausing at noon mid-way twixt here and there ; at night we arrive, as my
The Burton Holmes lectures; . THE BIGGESr l.\ 1111, UOKLU io8 INTO MOROCCO as if the sunset of the day before was lingerinj^ here to meetthe sunset of the morrow. It is as if Ahnighty Allah hadselected the Empire of Mogreb for his sanctuary, and hadspread out upon its sacred floor a prayer-rug of unutterablebeauty, wo\en b\- the divine looms — a carpet of heavenlydesign to inspire man to fall upon his knees and pray. This is our life during ten delightful, never-to-be-forgottendays. All day we journey southward, pausing at noon mid-way twixt here and there ; at night we arrive, as my friendexpressed it, at nowhere in particular, and in the glow ofthe sunset we pitch our little camp. Then, when the even-ing fire is lighted, the encircling night grows blacker,. AN liMiiKi; caki>i;ti:d with INTO MOROCCO 109
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