The Burton Holmes lectures; . nd,so long as he clings to the religion of his fathers, neverwill be, a drunkard. The water-bags are goat-skins, thehind leg serving as a faucet ; but although we are asthirsty as the African sun itself, we do not patronize theseitinerant fountains ; being newly come to Tangier, oursqueamishness interferes with an indulgence in many littlecomforts ; but what a surprising revolution will be workedby an expedition into Morocco ! We shall return from theinterior with adamantine sensibilities as regards such to-day we are open to impressions of all kinds.
The Burton Holmes lectures; . nd,so long as he clings to the religion of his fathers, neverwill be, a drunkard. The water-bags are goat-skins, thehind leg serving as a faucet ; but although we are asthirsty as the African sun itself, we do not patronize theseitinerant fountains ; being newly come to Tangier, oursqueamishness interferes with an indulgence in many littlecomforts ; but what a surprising revolution will be workedby an expedition into Morocco ! We shall return from theinterior with adamantine sensibilities as regards such to-day we are open to impressions of all kinds. So 30 INTO MOROCCO dazed are we by the strangeness of our surroundings that wehave left no words with which to express our dehght when,stepping out at last upon the balcony of our hotel, we lookdown upon Tangier, the White City of the Straits. Belowus is the beach, dotted with the rude camps of pilgrims whoare awaiting ships for Mecca; above it are tiers of batteries;bevond we see a mass of white cubes, the dwelling-houses of. \V/<TER CARRIERS the Moors. A dainty minaret, green-tiledand graceful, rises from this angular snow-bank; near it, theflags of foreign nations float above their respective consulatesand legations. Strange indeed this mingling of the Occi-dental and the Oriental, beautiful indeed this city of Tangier,the sentinel city of Morocco, posted here at the corner ofAfrica to watch with jealous eyes for the coming of theinevitable conqueror who is to sally forth from the gates ofChristendom, dimly discerned across the Gibraltar small account will be these batteries, furnished with anti-
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