The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . ;. imperial horses are bred, a number of the finest mares in the kingdom being kept there for the purpose. Their great delight is standing buffalo-like up to their necks in the water, a practice to which their guardians attribute their glossy appearance, and of course they are all splendid swimmers. To the northward is the still larger lagoon, eight or ten miles long, called locally Rijlah dialt Aolad Aisa. ?? Ten hours ride from t Note Siir Ianiicuport iVcl Ghat, liull. Soc. Cieoy;.. Iaii-^. 1875. t. x., \, Leo here placed Co
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . ;. imperial horses are bred, a number of the finest mares in the kingdom being kept there for the purpose. Their great delight is standing buffalo-like up to their necks in the water, a practice to which their guardians attribute their glossy appearance, and of course they are all splendid swimmers. To the northward is the still larger lagoon, eight or ten miles long, called locally Rijlah dialt Aolad Aisa. ?? Ten hours ride from t Note Siir Ianiicuport iVcl Ghat, liull. Soc. Cieoy;.. Iaii-^. 1875. t. x., \, Leo here placed Conte—20 miles from § A l)ig witli a saints lomh, half an hour on ihe road fromWalidiya to Saffi, is still known as Aiyar. Sec :iMcl MouiiTTK. p. 365. p. 462-. CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTHIMPERIAL CITIKS—IFAS (FEZ Nature and Art liave played the Wantons, andhave brought forth tliis Citie, the fruit of their dal-liance: or elfe they feeme corrivals; both, by all kindoffices, feeking to winne her love: so doth the Earthfeeme to dance, in little Hillocks and pretie \alliesdiverfifying the Soyle; fo doth the River difperfe it-felfe into manifold Channels; no fooner entring theCitie, but it is divided, as it were, into many Fingers,in varietie of Water Courfes, infinuating itfelfe untoevery Street and Member thereof: and not contentedthus in Publike to testifie Affection, finds means ofsecret Intelligence with his Love by Conduit Pijies ...which still enioying, he wooeth, and ever wooingcnioyeth. IN these quaintly graceful words, two centuries ago anEnglish writer conveyed to his northern readers thenative idea of Fez, the true metropolis ofMorocco. Lacking all that might render it ,,/ ,. picturesque, hidden from most points of viewin the hollow betw
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