The Burton Holmes lectures; . INTO MOROCCO 79 Governor; the Governor cannot expect to hold his officeunless magnificent presents are annually sent to some grandvizier of the court at Fez ; and every now and then we hearof the downfall of a grand vizier, who has waxed wealthy,boasted of his possessions, excited the cupidity of his sacredSultan and paid the penalty, either by suffering the confisca-tion of his fortune and then exile, or perhaps by drinking,at the command of the all-holy Emperor, a little glassof poisoned We one day tendered in payment for provi
The Burton Holmes lectures; . INTO MOROCCO 79 Governor; the Governor cannot expect to hold his officeunless magnificent presents are annually sent to some grandvizier of the court at Fez ; and every now and then we hearof the downfall of a grand vizier, who has waxed wealthy,boasted of his possessions, excited the cupidity of his sacredSultan and paid the penalty, either by suffering the confisca-tion of his fortune and then exile, or perhaps by drinking,at the command of the all-holy Emperor, a little glassof poisoned We one day tendered in payment for provisions a Spanishdollar somewhat dim and dark. It was refused. Give mebright shining money, said the man who had supplied uswith eggs and milk. That dark coin looks as if it had beenburied ; if I attempt to pass it, the chief will send his men todig around and underneath my house, to see if I have moreconcealed beneath the floors or in the ground outside. Next day after our meeting with the Basha, we reach thefirst interior city of any considerable size, Alcazar-el-Kebir. 8o INTO MOROCCO Alcazar the Great, its inhabitants proudly entitle it, andin its time it has been great. Here there were fitted out, inthe eij^hth ccntur\, the expeditions that went forth to con-quer Sj>ain and Europe. Later it was taken and held by thePortuguese until that fatal day in 157S, when, on the battle-field not far from the city gates, the very flower of thechi\alr\- of Portugal fell before the fearful onslaught of theMoorish foe. At Alcazar, Portu
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