T RAV

SOIL., TR,EES, TH~ RLVRR TENSIFI'. 3viling and abJlSing. Such was the farewell bestowedby the placewhic~l had bidden welcome \Vith cavalcadingtmusic, and huzzas. Butin the one case the populacewas pr;epated, in the other left to themselves.Our,alcaids were toomJJchout of humour by the hard knockSthey had received, them~·elves, to offer any apology for their countrymentbe ha;ll1ates of Mor0cco, as, WaS thec:ase on tbeformer 6ccasionwhenthe mosques were visited and the obtrusivenesscompIainedof. ThereaSOn then assigned was, that a rude mass ofcountry-people had thruslthemselves in for some.reason, and thatsuch conduct was by no meansthat which distinguished the more urbane resident8 of the place. Onquittingthecity gM~on thenorthside, a wood of palm-tte~s .whichextends. for six miles 18 entered. These treesgtow frequentIy in acluster of six or sèven from the !same root, andseem here,· by the!,height, luxJJriance, alid umbrellà-'heads,tq beintheir favouritesoiI__amixture 'of argil and sand, in whic'h the ]atterconsideràbIy ptedomi'"nates; a sandy loam favourable to corn, and commandedby a copiousirrigation. The stream which supplies this here, and. 'v hich crOsses theroad, abounds, ]ike aIl the smallstreams ofthe country, with land tot:..toisès. 1t is odd that an animal 80 destitute of resoutce in defence,concealment or escape, shouldhave kept his race to tbis d~y~ithou1;extinction, especially too when his bead bears a priee. ln the ellen,..iug after sun~set they aggregate in groups oftweotyor more~inacircle,with tbeir he.ads together as if immersed indeep thought and confahu..lation~ They are used by tilany for ~food, and abound with eggs whichare not iIJ-tasted, though gritty. 'At.about ten or eleven miles.from Morocco the river Tensift is passed,there crossedon a bridge of twenty-seven arches of sinaU span, whichare pointed or doubJle-centred. But this bears no relation to Arabiearchitecture; for it is a mere modern work comparatively speaking,B 2