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Morocco, Its People and Places

Chapter 3: ILLUSTRATIONS.
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A vivid travel narrative that records journeys across Morocco through attentive, sensory description of cities, towns, and countryside. It offers street-level portraits of inhabitants and vendors, architectural and market scenes, religious observances, festivals, domestic interiors, and scenes of authority encountered in governmental and social settings. The prose emphasizes smells, sounds, textures, and visual detail while noting social hierarchies, local customs, and modes of travel. Organized by region and town, the account alternates immersive observation with reflective impressions of landscape and daily life, providing both practical travel notes and cultural sketches.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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GENERAL VIEW OF TANGIERS 6
FESTIVAL OF THE CIRCUMCISION 24
MAHOMET 34
MARRIAGE PROCESSION IN TANGIERS 36
MOORISH HUSBANDMAN 54
LOADING THE CAMELS 66
PEASANT WOMEN OF THE INTERIOR 76
THE ARAB’S MORNING PRAYER 78
PEOPLE OF ALKAZAR 122
THE GOVERNOR ABD-ALLA 138
TAKING TEA WITH THE GOVERNOR OF KARIA-EL-ABBASSI 142
A CENTIPEDE 146
THE CAMEL CONVEYANCE 174
SHOE SHOP, FEZ 202
MOOR OF FEZ 216
A SAINT, FEZ 224
INNER COURT OF OUR HOUSE AT FEZ 226
ON THE TERRACES, FEZ 238
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GRAND VIZIER 242
NEGRO SLAVE OF FEZ 284
SLAVE OF THE SULTAN 310
GATEWAY AT MECHINEZ 336
PALACE OF THE GOVERNOR OF MECHINEZ 340