The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . here about 1650 sea-level. It is like a miniature Trichinopoly, andthe view from its summit takes one back to anotherIndian scene, much further north: the general effect ofthe roof-view of the city spread out below is not unlikethat of Delhi, though the sky-line lacks the chaste reliefof the peculiar architecture of Hindustan. In manyrespects, too, the mud-built walls and bazaars recallthose of Central Asia, of Bokhara in particular, whileparts resemble Baghdad or even tumble-down Marrakesh is surrounded by a girdle of d
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . here about 1650 sea-level. It is like a miniature Trichinopoly, andthe view from its summit takes one back to anotherIndian scene, much further north: the general effect ofthe roof-view of the city spread out below is not unlikethat of Delhi, though the sky-line lacks the chaste reliefof the peculiar architecture of Hindustan. In manyrespects, too, the mud-built walls and bazaars recallthose of Central Asia, of Bokhara in particular, whileparts resemble Baghdad or even tumble-down Marrakesh is surrounded by a girdle of date-palms and gardens which add to its picturesqueness, though in summer looking sadly withered and aim Groves . ^^ close quarters, but enlivened by innumer-and Gardens. ? ^ 1 • 1 able blue-rollers, bee-eaters, doves, and, beside ??•• See The Moors, ch. xii. SURROUNDINGS 293 the river, kinc^-fishers. These palms, which have becomea great source of wealth, are not altogether indigenous,the finest having been introduced from Tafilalt long. IIAIi Dl^ -MOSQUK, (See p. 308.) Photoi:;iiipli hy Ileihert White, Esq. ago.* Ikyond this setting of green, away in ^, ^ , the distance, rises the hoary Atlas, its crevasses indicated by eternal snows, which light up and make » It is said tliat when the Filalis besieged Marnikesb. the stones of tbedates wbicb were their staple provision being thrown away, took ()ri<^iiial Marrakesli dates are known as bahib, those of Taftlalt as ^ llianir. 294 MARRAKESH prominent its barren peaks. Almost due south of the^A city the crowning summit, Tubkal, looms majestic in clear weather, on the Tizi-n Tagharat. From its valleys flowcool breezes and cooler streams, refreshing the sultryplain. Well may Ibn Batuta break forth into verse ashe describes the charms of this view, and what the near-ness of such mountains means to the city, but unfortu-nately their recesses are closed to the plainsmen by thehostile Berbers, and the M
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