Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . the middle one, with its polygonal dome andskylight. Brilliant colours and graceful stucco arab-esques, brightened up and adorned every nook andcorner, and even the doors were handsomely panelled,carved, and painted. Every precaution was taken thatthe wa^ward ladies should not be tempted to stray byanything they could see, and still less to let wanderingfeet follow wandering eyes, for the sole opening in thewall was firmly barred with iron. These rooms were probably devoted to the use ofthe 25rincipal wife, or it may have be
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . the middle one, with its polygonal dome andskylight. Brilliant colours and graceful stucco arab-esques, brightened up and adorned every nook andcorner, and even the doors were handsomely panelled,carved, and painted. Every precaution was taken thatthe wa^ward ladies should not be tempted to stray byanything they could see, and still less to let wanderingfeet follow wandering eyes, for the sole opening in thewall was firmly barred with iron. These rooms were probably devoted to the use ofthe 25rincipal wife, or it may have been a favouriteslave. The other division of the harem or privateapartments lay on the opposite side of the square fromthe entrance-passage. Here a door led into a smallsecondary court, round which were the kitchen andone quadrangular room, and an upper suite of smallrooms. It need hardly be said that the furniture of aMoorish house is of the simplest. Such things asobjects of art are unknown. Everything that isagreeable to the eye is a fixture. Such are tessellated. WnMKN AT ponU OK THK H.\Ui:M. Iaijt 374. LIFE IN MARAKSII. 375 pavements and floors; cool g-lazod tile dados roundthe rooms, mostly in black and whih^; handsomelycarved and painted doors; stucco arabesques roundniches and doors, and gorgeously coloured ventilation other than by the doorway is desired,it is provided for by an open stucco frutwork like deli-cate lace arranged in thrc(^ charming little arches overthe door. The house we occupied was not permanently occu-pied, but under other circumstances it would havehad a garden in the centre, with a bubbling fountainprobably, and tile-paved walks. A gorgeously coloured carpet, one or two mattresses,and several cushions form almost the sole appointmentsof a Moorish house. There may be a rude box forsmall articles and letters, one or two candlesticks ormore elaborate candelabra for use at night placed onthe floor, and among the very well-to-do a Europeanc
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