The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . omous creatures of no sort being common,and pests like white ants are unknown. Mosquitoes areonly troublesome in towns or near water. The waters of the Morocco coast and interior afford a very interesting study, f To begin with the largest inhabitants of the Ocean, whales are not in- Oceaii Denize?is. irequently observed in the omng, and some-times found dead on the shore, when diligent search ismade for the much coveted ambergris. The grampus isknown in the South as tizmikt or asaban. The mostnumerous shark is the hideous hammer-head (izimm
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . omous creatures of no sort being common,and pests like white ants are unknown. Mosquitoes areonly troublesome in towns or near water. The waters of the Morocco coast and interior afford a very interesting study, f To begin with the largest inhabitants of the Ocean, whales are not in- Oceaii Denize?is. irequently observed in the omng, and some-times found dead on the shore, when diligent search ismade for the much coveted ambergris. The grampus isknown in the South as tizmikt or asaban. The mostnumerous shark is the hideous hammer-head (izimmer):the voracious blue shark is common enough, while the ?•? A hot bath, or iuteiise perspiration induced by placing tiie jiatient,rolled in blankets, in a hole in the ground which has been heated bythe bxuning of straw, is the approved native I Yo\ most of the information given under this licad 1 am indebtedto Mr. C. A. Payton, now British Consul at Calais, who has been so kindas to revise the whole section. p. 28. - Kerr, p. ^ t^ ^. :L ?^?^ NJ & 78 ANIMAL LIFE white shark and the thresher or sea-fox are occasionally-met with. Sharks do not as a rule come close to theshore, so that sea-bathing is in most parts indulged infearlessly. The dolphin [Delphhms delphis), abundant allalong the coast, is often confounded with the porpoise,which is much scarcer. Turning to food-fish, we find Southern Morocco visitedoccasionally by large and valuable shoals of azlimzah, Food Fish {Scicsna aqnila), known farther north as the corbina or viaigre, averaging about 30 lbs., butrunning up to 60 lbs. or over, and the tasargelt {Temno-don saltator), identical with the blue fish of NorthAmerica. * The tunny is occasionally caught, also thesmaller short-finned tunny, the albacore and the the north-western coast a considerable fishery forbonito and mackerel is carried on by boats from Spainand Portugal, salting down their takes on the , with the exception o
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