Africa . !u MrinrthKejbesrtm ^£n> ^_ -?-•-• Stanford^ QeoylEsaiit MAROCCO. ^W^ (ffi N H. ,; 5 W fiu,,,,, . h ? Ear«.uih MAROCCO CHIEF CITIES. 33 2. The Imperial Cities of Fez, Mequincz, and Marocco. The Italian traveller Edmondo de Amicis, one of thelatest by whom it has been visited, describes the situationof Fez as very beautiful. It stretches out between two hillscrowned by the ruins of ancient fortresses. Beyond thesehills the horizon is confined by a range of the centre of the city flows the river Pearl,dividing it into two parts—the old town on the right an
Africa . !u MrinrthKejbesrtm ^£n> ^_ -?-•-• Stanford^ QeoylEsaiit MAROCCO. ^W^ (ffi N H. ,; 5 W fiu,,,,, . h ? Ear«.uih MAROCCO CHIEF CITIES. 33 2. The Imperial Cities of Fez, Mequincz, and Marocco. The Italian traveller Edmondo de Amicis, one of thelatest by whom it has been visited, describes the situationof Fez as very beautiful. It stretches out between two hillscrowned by the ruins of ancient fortresses. Beyond thesehills the horizon is confined by a range of the centre of the city flows the river Pearl,dividing it into two parts—the old town on the right andthe new on the left bank. The whole is enclosed by aturreted wall, which, though very old and partly in ruins,is still supported by numerous strongly-built the above-mentioned heights the eye commandsthe whole city, with its countless white houses, flatroofs, cupolas, and graceful minarets, interspersed withlofty palms and patches of vegetation, presenting alto-gether an extremely varied and attractive prospect. Fromthe neighbourhood of the gates and the nearest hills thewhole c
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