The Burton Holmes lectures; . ITINERANi M 312 THE MOORISH EMPIRE. RAI^AT Kl gates, followed by the entire population in festival mount our horses, and with Haj and Kaid Lharbi asescort join in this picturesque exodus. An hour later wefind ourselves in the midst of an armed multitude, massed onthe hillsides stretching southward from the city walls andoverlooking the narrow plain along the sea-shore, which is tobe the avenue of approach for the princely caravan. We arethe only white men in that vast expectant throng, the only Christian dogs who have vent-ured beyond the gates. HajW
The Burton Holmes lectures; . ITINERANi M 312 THE MOORISH EMPIRE. RAI^AT Kl gates, followed by the entire population in festival mount our horses, and with Haj and Kaid Lharbi asescort join in this picturesque exodus. An hour later wefind ourselves in the midst of an armed multitude, massed onthe hillsides stretching southward from the city walls andoverlooking the narrow plain along the sea-shore, which is tobe the avenue of approach for the princely caravan. We arethe only white men in that vast expectant throng, the only Christian dogs who have vent-ured beyond the gates. HajWears an anxious look ; heknows that we are actingrashly in thus exposingourselves unguarded tothe whims of an armyof fanatics. But thespectacle is worth therisk. Four thousandcavaliers are assembledalong the crests of the hills IS WRI ITKN
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