T RAV

16 TRAVELS IN AFRICA.Quitting the plain, the last view of Morocco is ta,ken from a ridge orchain of broken rocky schistose hiBs of inconsiderable elevation, whichrunabout east and west.,!ts last appearance was, as on the Mogodorside, the Iofty steeple of the great masque towering over a bright streakofgreenalong the horizon-the heads ofthe palm-trees.Five hours route.-At the hour of ten the escor:t descended tosomesprings at the foot of the hills, where haIt was made for the rest of thecil.ay.At its arrivaI vast herds of cattle, cows, oxen, sheep, goats, cam.elsand dromedaries were th.erewatering,and tended by their Arabmasters more naked and wild also than themselves. These cattle arethe property of a great tribe now encamped on the left side of the road.Bere the escort remained exposed ta a mid-day sun, and for severalhours,until the haggagearrived, it havi~gbeendetained by the fallingof several of the call1els, to the injury of the loads.The road from Mor.oc.coto Tangi.er is whitened by the bones and skeletons of these animaIs,whichhave successive1ysunk upon it in the service ofman,-·a serviceessential here mutually to both parties.It is astonishing how thespecies could ever have been maintained in its abstract state of nature.'ro it, on the other hand, man owes little less than his existence in thesecJimates"~totally the power and means of traversing and oècupying aconsiderable portion of the globe. His presence is hardlyJess necessaryto tbeexistence of the quadruped,-vVho can say that this is the effect ofchance.?The whole duration of life of this animal, JiteraHy to be entitleda souffre douleur, now unknown, be it observed, save in a state ofservitude, is a series of hunger, thirst, fatigue, and suffering, in and forthe use of others,without the al1eviation ofa single rnomentary gratifi~cation.The Barbary camel is reckoned the strongest of his species,and his daily food'when travelling is but alittle barley and sorne thistles.The habits of this animal when contemplated .9ppear roost extraorrli..