The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . ouplease. Thus, with soft words, they were appeased, such ex-clamations as Indeed, he is right! Certainly, cer-tainly 1 greeted any compHments paid. After thingshad smoothed down, we prepared to start. But whileremounting, some of the by-standers, exasperated, cameto blows with our men, and we were compelled to divideamongst them all apparently available cash, to the sumof two dollars, which, though paid into the hands of an * It is never my practice to carry arms on my travels, relying ratheron encountering good nature when prepared to show
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . ouplease. Thus, with soft words, they were appeased, such ex-clamations as Indeed, he is right! Certainly, cer-tainly 1 greeted any compHments paid. After thingshad smoothed down, we prepared to start. But whileremounting, some of the by-standers, exasperated, cameto blows with our men, and we were compelled to divideamongst them all apparently available cash, to the sumof two dollars, which, though paid into the hands of an * It is never my practice to carry arms on my travels, relying ratheron encountering good nature when prepared to show it, and I have notbeen disappointed. Of course I always carried little of value with me.,and took care to make this known. DIPLOMA CY INVOKED 451 authorized guide, was speedily shared by all. Then werode back disgusted. Only the appearance that eveningof Hasan idd Mansur, the leading pro-government man—who had also been Hookers guide—prevented our beingfurther fleeced, and with his escort we were glad enoughto retreat down the valley next Effict on aMoor. COUNXIL OF WAR BELOW ARROMD. Phoiograpk by Dr. Rudduck. That night, however, our head man got lost on thehill-side, and although we put up for the night as soonas we missed him, we got no trace of himtill the following morning, when we heardthat he had passed down from Asni to MulaiIbrahim, a favourite shrine. Thence we subsequently,learned that he had walked to Marrakesh, having beenfairly scared by the mountains and mountaineers, thusearning the name by which we now know him, theJewess. Meanwhile, we made Tamgist, the villagebefore Tashdirt in the Iminan valley, opposite Tizi-n- 452 IN SEARCH OF MILTSIN Tamsult, the highest peak of the mass of which Likimtforms the southern end. This time keeping our plans to ourselves, we engagedtwo guides besides our Jew, at a peseta each, at themoment of starting. After a four-and-a-half hoursA^ain°^ climb those who led were stopped by a chasm,across which the summit is not to
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