The Emperor Has Given Ash-Ash Positive Orders To
Respect The English, And Not To Take The Part Of The French, Directly
Or Indirectly; But, As I Observed In A Former Letter, I Conceive This
Moor To Be Completely Under French Influence.
I am extremely busy in making the necessary preparations for my next
trip; and as you are kind enough
To say you are gratified with the
account I have already sent you of the empire of Morocco, and wish me
to continue my remarks, I shall most probably trouble you with a
letter, whenever I meet with any thing that may serve to interest or
amuse you.
LETTER VII.
_Sail for Tetuan - Appearance of the Coast - Enter the Boosega
River - Curious Towers of Defence - Custom-house-Female Dress - Enter
Tetuan over a Road of unlevelled Rock - Disagreeable Streets - Well
received by the Governor - Public Markets - Socco - An Auction Market._
Tetuan; March 14th, 1806
One of His Majesty's brigs having been appointed to convey me either
to Tangiers or Tetuan, the wind blowing due west, we sailed for this
port. As the ship drew near the shore, I had a full view of this wild
coast. The tops of the lofty mountains are prodigious barren rocks,
while their base is interspersed with broom and box. The hills and
dales are covered with myrtles of various kinds, assuming different
shades of lovely green. The towers and castles, which are of a
delicate whiteness, rising in the midst of these groves of myrtles,
render the scene interesting.
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