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DEGRADED STA1JE OP THB JEWS AT MOROCCO. ~g7by outrage or Mockery•.Men and women, at their service, recite prayerswitl:f somewhat of a musical cadence, nodding the head as if keepingtime. They have no objection to the appearance of strangers at theirreligious cere1l1ony. Tbe rabbi aIso reads and expounds 1.0 his Bockthe holy writings. Itappears as ifwith them the exercise of their religionwasa compensation foreveryevilin life. How great, hôwdiffhsivea blessing! They afford a rev'enue to the state for their toleratio}J,as subjects, paying a capitation tax on aU males who have reached theage of puberty. This capitation tax is a kind of political protection.They are at worst not the outcasts of the state, although they de nots6'ar tt;J the degreeofserfage.-If the period of payment he i i disputed~ astringispatl'eund the.lad'sneckand afterwards doubled in length andput inhismouth 1 if then;·and thus, it pass ovel' his bead, he is deemedanobject of taxation;. if otherwise, note This procedure passes uriderthe inspection of the heads of the Jew nation here, who rate cach indi.vidual, or ought to do so, according 1.0 hisahility to pay, and thus$akeup the sum required. Each Jew appears in person to pay hisqU()ta; and this heing done, a Moor touches him on the head with aswitch, and says, " Jump:" whereon the Jew goes his way. It is rem~rkablehowt1lœepeoplehere delight in personal finery, almostequally asitisby wiha! means theyacquire or retain it. Young and old, althoughthey hardlYdare venture to stand still ~r look around them in the streets,from fearof'personalo1:1trage, wiU have an ample stockoi splendiddothing,