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RESIDENCE AT MOROCCO. 241solitary castle, onhls brother's death deposed his nephews, like ourRichard the Third, to whom he appears to have borne a O1ost singularresemblance, and seated himself upon the throne in 1672, being thenabout fiftyyearsfof age. He is thus describedby Buznot, and i,s too,remarkable a specimen of what .human nature may be, to be allowed topass into"oblivion, while anyresuJtmay bepresumed on inpreventingit. The picture given ofhim at'the age of eighty, by this priest, is asfollows. He was of middling size, spare and lean, his beard white andforked, hiscomplexionalmost black, with a white spot near his nose,his eyes vivid, and voice strong. 80 active was he then, that he alwaysmounted .his horse bJvaulting: of a ready and sprightly wit, antici..pating the thoughtsof those who addressed themselves to him, andreturninganswers alwaysshOJ:t; anÇlpift1)y. Brave and undauntedindanger, mistrustful, and of wOllderftJ), constancy .and. resolptio.n underadversity; as indeed his history prove.s; no change of fortune ever appearingto bave affec.ted his spirits or exertions. Muley Ishmail had,amongsthis numerous wives, one Englishwoman. It wouldbe cpriousto know, were it possible to learn, how these so capriciously treatedvictims of fortune are mentallyaffected by their fate. To judge bywhatisfobservable in theothé~ sex, it would be but slightly. Thus, too,the pillatieal system .hasprod~ced blêndings,. the connexions o( whic~,welle they tOflneet, (wauld require a. strongsympathetie effort indeedofthe fordeofbloodtol'ecogniseeach other bYe This c~pital, the u:qfor..tunate citJofMorocco,seems tobave been ordained for affliction fromthe day its foupdations were first laid. lt is the bon~ of the contentionêJf'stifug'glingparties~•. Thus,·. itwas the. 'scene chosen for warfare by thesons pf Muley Ishmail, in their revoJts. As.()tl here is as lnuch astateenemy asa hrothe\' is in Turkey. As to Muley Ishmail, we hardlyfind in dassical history any parallel for one who combined such great2 1