The Burton Holmes lectures; . is impression by telling of the vastness of the territory of theUnited States. But how long does it take to cross your country. heinquired. We travel live days in fast trains to go from San Fran-cisco to New York, I answered. Bah! that is nothing, rejoined our military escort witha sneer of triumph. To go from Taiilet in the south toTangier in the north, the fastest caravan must travel fortydays. You see Morocco is the biggest country in theworld ! Nor can we blame him for his opinion, for the land looksboundless. The grand, free lines of the Moorish landscapeare
The Burton Holmes lectures; . is impression by telling of the vastness of the territory of theUnited States. But how long does it take to cross your country. heinquired. We travel live days in fast trains to go from San Fran-cisco to New York, I answered. Bah! that is nothing, rejoined our military escort witha sneer of triumph. To go from Taiilet in the south toTangier in the north, the fastest caravan must travel fortydays. You see Morocco is the biggest country in theworld ! Nor can we blame him for his opinion, for the land looksboundless. The grand, free lines of the Moorish landscapeare unbroken ; no trees, no houses, no hedges, and no high-ways are there to spoil the composition of thepicture drawn and painted by the masterartist, Nature. The country, although fertile,is uncultivated. The horizon seems widerthan in other lands. x\pparentlythere is no end, no limit to thelandscape. We know that beyondeach range of hills there will berevealed a replica of this primevalpicture. One scenelike this will sue- , -. io6 INTO MOROCCO
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