Not All The Magnificence Of The Glorious Atlas Can Reconcile
Such A Prospect To The Imagination.
But, unhappily, Morocco does not
constitute a very striking exception to the progress of civilization
along the shores and in the isles of the Mediterranean.
Many countries
in Southern Europe are in a state little superior, and the Moorish
civilization is almost on a par with that of the Grecian, Sicilian, or
Maltese, and quite equal to Turkish advancement in the arts and sciences
of the nineteenth century. The only real advantage of the Turks over the
Moors consists in the improvements the former have made in the
organization of the army. Whoever travels through Morocco, and will but
open his eyes to survey its rich valleys and fertile plains, will be
impressed with the conviction that this country, cultivated by an
industrious population, and fostered by a paternal government, is
capable of producing all the agricultural wealth of the north and the
south of Europe, as well as the Tropics, and of maintaining its
inhabitants in happiness and plenty.
CHAPTER VI.
Influence of French Consuls. - Arrival of the Governor of Mogador from
the Capital; he brings an order to imprison the late Governor; his
character, and mode of administering affairs. - Statue of a Negress at
the bottom of a well. - Spanish Renegades. - Various Wedding Festivals of
Jews. - Frequent Fetes and Feastings amongst the Jewish population of
Morocco. - Scripture Illustration, "Behold the Bridegroom
cometh!" - Jewish Renegades. - How far women have souls. - Infrequency of
Suicides.
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