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314 TRAVELS IN AP'RICA..Hie Arabs.And even at this day, under every disparagement, ,t'he per-.fection to which they carry some mannfaetwres proves the extent~ftheir talents in that Hne; and under, too, that discouragement toaIl in­' enjoy itsrèsults'f Yêt manyofthesehouses,so. mealll60king 'without,are, weare assured, the converse 'ofthe Bhârisee, beautifully fitted up and',furnisbed within. 1 1 his showstbc,tendeneyofthe taste of the people. Thus in cllecking expenditure,and thereby deadeningthe springs of its own resources, does thewretched policy of despotic, and eonsequentlyill-advised government,defeat evenits own and Immediate intere,sts, while it ehtails misery onaH arbund. The Moors (strangers must Observe) are muchmore strictthanthe 'J'turks in regard to their mosques, not permitting any but thefaithful to enter them. This is the more partieular, qsthe grand signioris considered as the head of that religion sinee the extinction of the caliphat,the remoYal whereof (it may be observedhere by the way, withdue apology for the formidable digression,) from Medina toBagdat,:li' Mequin~z and Fez~Ufacturesill~, lea.tbe~Janqpotter,)' beautifully. None is wrought atTangier aile !e~uan.