Travels In Morocco - Volume 1 of 2 - By James Richardson



















































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bad, even the waiting-room near the palace, appropriated - Page 99
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The Accommodation On The Way, And At The Capital Is Very Bad, Even The Waiting-Room Near The Palace, Appropriated To The Christians, Is But An Old Dilapidated Shed, With One Of Its Sides Knocked Out, Or Never Filled In.

"Everything," say our merchants, "is going to rack and ruin in the capital.

The Emperor will not even repair his palaces, or the jealousies in which he keeps his women; money is his only pursuit and his God."

Their residence in the capital was very disagreeable, all being cooped up in the Jews' quarter, and obliged to subsist on victuals cooked by these people, which made certain of them unwell, for some of the Barbary Jew's food is very indigestible.

The presentation of the merchants to the Emperor was conducted as follows: At nine in the morning, they were admitted into a garden in presence of about two thousand imperial guards, all drawn up in file, looking extremely fierce. Passing these bearded warriors, they were conducted into a large square lined with buildings, where, after waiting about five minutes, the gate of the palace was suddenly thrown open, and the Emperor rode out superbly mounted on a white horse, followed on foot by a group of courtiers. His Imperial Highness was attended by the Governor of Mogador, who walked by his side.

The first persons presented to the Shereefian lord were the officials of Mogador, who were introduced by the Governor of that city; afterwards came some Moorish grandees; then the Christians were presented, and finally the Jewish merchants.

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