And Luxuriance of the
adjacent Country - Procession to the Sanctuary of Sidy
Edris - Multiplicity of Saints - Ceremony demonstrative of the Emperor's
Favour - Take possession of my new Residence.
LETTER XI.
Imperial Review of eighty thousand Cavalry - The Palace - Introduction
to the Emperor - Visit the Seraglio - Beauty of the Sultana - Her
Indisposition - Her Influence over the Emperor - His Person described.
LETTER XII.
Succession of the Sovereigns from their Founder to the present
Emperor.
LETTER XIII.
Responsibility of the Governors - Empire beautiful and
productive - Humane Efforts of the Emperor - Blind Submission to his
Will - Great Number of Negroes naturalized - The Moors might be truly
formidable - Emperor's Brother - Fez divided into two
Parts - Magnificent Mosques - Commercial Privileges - Indignities which
Christians undergo - Singular Supply of Water - The Imperial
Gardens - Propensity to
defraud - Factories - Exports - Costume - Character - -Manner of
Living - Domestic Vermin.
LETTER XIV.
Fez - Debility of the Moors - Mosques - Antiquities, Roman, Carthaginian,
and Saracen - Storks held in great Veneration - Baths - Bazars -
Inhabitants - Residence - Menagerie - Marvellous Preservation of a
Jew - Lions - Tigers - Leopards - Hyenas.
LETTER XV.
Sudden Departure from Fez - Arrive at Mequinez - Attend the
Emperor - Melancholy Catastrophe - Expedition against wild
Beasts - Extensive Palaces - Seraglio - Visit a Haram - Founders of the
City - A fortified Town - Inhabitants - Jewish Town - Rich Attire of the
higher Orders - Numerous Market-places - Furniture - Saints
Houses - Imperial Field Sports - Pack of Greyhounds - Abundance of Game.