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JHIOPS AND MARKETS. 35'l'hey wer~ men whose minds were enlightened before they left hom€ ;whose facuJties were neither evaporated into frivolity nor benumbed bypedantic restrictions; and a foreign situation gave merely a due scopeto their action.Sucb are the persons to be chosen for tbese situations..The main street here presents a v,ery good exhibition of shops in theOrientai} style; that is, like cohlers' stalls; just Rufficient to contain themerchant and his Iittle stock ofgoods, or rather perhaps of sampIes.Probably there is very sound réason for this system of procedure: retailean be catried on cheaper than in splendid establishments.day-light, the tradesman comes from his dwelling, which i8 at anotherpart of the town, unlocks his shop, and sits here until night. Thetraders are roostIy Jé\vs.-If trade be thus monopoHzed by the Jews, thepath of militar, glory hy Negroes, and fustic establishment by theArabs, it may weil be asked \Vhat is to become of the Moûrs? It 18douhtful if these last could answer the question. Manufacture is entirely,however, in their hands; but aH are not mahufacturers.AtThis is.another point of view wherein to take the extraordinary political phœnomenonwhich this country (so weIl known) presents toreilection; towit,.Man, constitûting a nation, yet appropriated to employment and live­Iihood by races! But toconc1ude with our market, or bazar more properly:-duecare18 taken to secure it hy Jocks and watchmen duringthenight. As ta the.provIsion-markets, that for vegetables here is remarkabJywell supplied, very cleanly kept, and (for the first hours afthe day)a mostpleasing sight. The 'tlesh..markets àre (hy that ju~ici{)us regulationwhichputs Europe ta shame) here, as every where cIse in thi8country, outside the towns. AlI at this place tends, to prove, that remotenessfrom the eye, and consequently from the hand, of power, is.here the greatest blessing life can bestow.dilapidation.The castle is in progress ofThe most remarkable piece of structure is the towerF2