106 Sanetuary*— Ruins of Pharaoh 'near the Sanctuary. — Treasuresfound there, — Ite Amor, •— The Descendants of the Ancient Amorites, — Character of these People. — Various Tribes of the Berebbers of Atlas,— El Kassar Kabeer, — • Its Environs a beautiful Country.— Forest of UAraich. — Superior Manufacture of Gold Thread made at Fas, as well as Imitations of Amber. — Grand Eiitry of the British Ambassador into Tangier. — Our Ignorance of African Matters. — The Sultanas Compariso7i of the Provinces of his Empire to the various Kingdoms of Europe.

TO JAMES WILLIS, ESQ.

Dear Sir, Tangier, 8th August, 1801. My journey to meet His Excellency James M. Matra, the British ambassador to the Court of Marocco, was undertaken principally to obtain permission to ship a large quantity of wool which I had in my possession, the exportation of which had been recently prohibited. I thought I could not select a more seasonable time than when our ambassador was at court ; accordingly, I started from Mogodor (the morning after I dispatched two vessels for Europe) on the 4th June last, at four o'clock, P. M. My journey was first to Rabat ; thence, across the country, to Fas and Mequinas ; thence to the renowned and revered sanctuary of Muley Dris Zerone, on the declivity of the mountains of Atlas, east of Mequinas ; thence to Kassar Faraxmn (the ruins of Pharaoh), and through the warlike province of the Ait Amor, to L'Araich, Arzilla, and to Tangier.