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218 TRAVE.LS IN AFRICA.which gives the interest, in this point of investigation, ta Atla'S.H@r~'few hours would bring the traveTIer from Tinian to Britain, fFom J3ritait~toMagher-Oe ~ !Elevations would he found marked here ,by theÏr aniulaT inmates asby their botanical productions. The furred, the }.ll!ovident, and the'trpid tribes wOllld thus be encountered in the summit Iev~ls;: the'rooting species occupies the temperate or humid'; while the ca>met marks,the torrid area beneath.A Xerifi', or relation of the. Prophet, and ofc()urse ()ftbe ~yaJ famil.,now on the,throne, though a vehement disseuter' from establishmentupon the article of wine, yetproud to show hi'S orthodoxy in his greenturban, the demonstration of his vieinity ofbloodJ ison bis way to Tafilet,the family..site of the Sultanic dynasty, sorne Dve hundred milesyet distant across the snows of Mount Atlas, witll atreasure, whicli,for the safety so valuable an article daims (a canary-bird in a cage), he'deposits every night in the' tent of the Europeans, carefuUy bearillgit on his own person during the day, as an intended present for oneof the princes of the blood-royaI. He is weIl acquainted with the cityof Tafilet, andconsiders it to be distant from Mount Atlas, correspondentlywith our measuremerit, four hundred miles.The banks of the numerous rivulets which serpentine through theseplains, and by the depth of their beds show the inexhaustibiJity of theBoil, are beautifully fringed with the oleander now in full bloom, herean aquatic, the gay blossoms whereof just rise c1ear of the banks of thestream which produces them. Many birds of, prey soar above, apparentlyunapprehensive of being shot at. Indeed the. Moors have noidea of shooting fiying, ànd always express surprise and applause when.,.. ,.. North Cape.