The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . y, averaging four or five pesetas—zs. 6d. to 3^-.—for ordinary packl)easts, the owners accompanying them on foot. A courier will run toTetuan and back within twenty-four hours for a dollar. The first half ofthe way, which strikes inland from the beach between the orange groves,partakes of the nature of the environs of Tangier, shadeless plains androunded hills with a good deal of cultivation; but the fandak lies in theapproach—past an excellent spring—to a more rugged district, similar toSpartel Hill, which extends to near Tetuan. Thus far t
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . y, averaging four or five pesetas—zs. 6d. to 3^-.—for ordinary packl)easts, the owners accompanying them on foot. A courier will run toTetuan and back within twenty-four hours for a dollar. The first half ofthe way, which strikes inland from the beach between the orange groves,partakes of the nature of the environs of Tangier, shadeless plains androunded hills with a good deal of cultivation; but the fandak lies in theapproach—past an excellent spring—to a more rugged district, similar toSpartel Hill, which extends to near Tetuan. Thus far the east wind, aswell as the south-west, sometimes brings rain, which very seldom reachesTangier from this direction. On this, the more beautiful side, all ischanged,—views, soil and vegetation. From Tetuan—which is not servedby any regular vessels—Ceuta may be reached by an eight hours un-interesting ride, (see chapter xix.) and the return to Tangier effected inone or two days by the hills and valleys of the beautiful Anjerah Q2; X X ^ dj -tj m o 1-1 J bJ3 —I ffi •= K J -5 CHAPTER THK SIXTH OPEN IORTS—2 TETTAWAN (TETUAN)* BEAUTIFUL in situation, picturesque in its surround-ini4s, Tetuan lies on the northern slope of a fertilevalley down which flows the Wad Martil f to tiie westernend of the Mediterranean. Behind it tower Sittialion. rugged masses of rock, the southern wall ofthe Anjera country, peopled, as all mountain regions inthis Empire are, by an indomitable race who practicallykeep it closed to Europeans. Across the valley risesyet another barrier of hills, the northern limits of thestill less domitable Rif, Yonder transverse valley leadsto the forbidden Shcshawan and parts unknown, whileto the west of it lie routes to the much venerated shrine ?•?? Tlie derivation of the word rettawan is supposed, willi some showof reason, to l>c from tlie Rtfian tlittawin,—eyes or springs. ASpanisli author quotes a Moorisli tradition that ?Tet ta-gii
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