Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . , took up arms to dispute the succes-sion, and in a battle that followed thebrothers encountered one another andfought so desperately that both fell se-verely wounded. At this Muley Salema,one of the other princes, declared him-self sovereign, and was as such receivedin Fez. Before long the empire was di-vided into three hostile camps, the twowounded princes having recovered andtaken the field against the new danger to himself andfamily, the retired ex-emperor left Tafi-let, his original retreat, for Agad
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . , took up arms to dispute the succes-sion, and in a battle that followed thebrothers encountered one another andfought so desperately that both fell se-verely wounded. At this Muley Salema,one of the other princes, declared him-self sovereign, and was as such receivedin Fez. Before long the empire was di-vided into three hostile camps, the twowounded princes having recovered andtaken the field against the new danger to himself andfamily, the retired ex-emperor left Tafi-let, his original retreat, for Agadir, inthe province of Sus, where he causedLaila Amina, his beloved wife, to em-bark with the imperial household, com-prising over two hundred persons, onboard a brigantine that was to carry herto Rabat, with the understanding thathe would join them shortly. An Aprilgale blew out the vessel into the vastmain, tossed her about for six days, andthe princess was glad enough to sightland, which proved to be the coast ofMadeira. At Funchal the governor of the island ex-. tended help tothe distressedvoyagers, en-abling them totake the sea,but anotherstorm drovethem into thebay of PontaDelgada. Herethe princessstopped longenough to takein provisions foranother attemptto reach theMoorish coast;in vain. Con-trary windsforced the great The Musical Collectors for the Imperio lady to again seek refuge at the same city,where she was kindly received and enter-tained. Probably animated by a grate-ful feeling toward her generous hosts,Laila Amina, attended by her veiledmaidens and many local women of stand-ing, proceeded to a chosen spol in theheart of the city, where she planted a date- palm, which, having grown to splendidproportions in the course of decades, wasblown down by a storm, and became theparent of the stately cluster which standsin the neighborhood of the a stay of about a month, the prin-cess was enabled t embark for wild sea forced her to seek shelter in 9
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