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ROUTE FROM MOGODOR TO MOROCCO. 203which iS"undulated loto gentle but not inconsiderable swells. Scatteredbouses too of no mean dimensions or exterior, mostly of cubieal forms,but of a dazzling whiteness, give a vivaeity to the scene, though inthemselves no specilllens of architectural beau.1y.They are usualJyembosomedhowever in groups of fig- and olive-trees, which, with theirdeep.verdure, afford sufliciènt .breaksto thern to take off everyeffect,save that of the cheerfulness which the. idea of habitation always addsto the face of Nature.That object, too, so pleasing to the eye andgratifying to the fancy in it8 associate ideas in these climates, a water-, wheeI, i8 always annexed to the dwelling. These houses are commodiou.s,au,1, within the four walls contain the whole rustic menage.Theyare èopstructed on the same plan with the town houses already described;and the marks of the holes whcre the tUllber trusses of thescaffolding have been.inserted {ornamehtal in their way) instruct usthat they are built, in like. manner, of rammel or pisé. They consist ofone story over a ground-floor, and are flat-roofed.On the whQle, thescenery is very different from what any one woule! expectout of Europe,and in latitude :31°.The command ofwater is aJone suffieient togive aIl the product tbat can be claimed from the garden : and indeedgeneral irrigation is conclucted here, although with a total ignorance.and destitution of the aid of instruments, with a very adequate share ofcorrectoess. Rains fall during thismonth with a tropical su,ddennessand impetuosity; but occasionally only. And when they do faIl, tbeyrevive instantly, and for several days, thatverdure wbich the power ofthe sun so ra,pidly exhales.In the intervals of the showers nothing canexceecl the beauty of the atnwsphere; the"clearness of the air, rich bIueness.of the .sky, and fleecy whitel'lcss of tlie vast masses of cloud; whileeven at mid-day, the temperat ure, alt.hough the air is calm, i9 not yetbeloud geni'al wë;trmth.l'This happy season, however, can be but of2D2, '