THE emperor's CURIOUS COMPARISON. 125 mistrustful and marauding spirit, is wretched and universal poverty. Tiieir country is a succession of gentle undulating hills, without trees or plantations of any kind. The late sultan Muhamed used to compare the provinces or races of men in his empire, to the nations of Europe, the English he called warriors, the French faithless, the Spaniards quiet and inoffensive, the Romans, i. e. the people of Italy, treacherous, the Dutch a parsimonious and trading people ; the other powers of Europe, having no consul at Marocco, nor merchants in the country, are known only by name : accordingly, in allusion to the warlike spirit of the English, he would call the Ait Amor, " the English of Barbary;" Temsena, the French; Duquella, the Spanish ; Haha, the Itahans ; and Suse, the Russians. When the sultan Muhamed began a campaign, he never entered the field without the warlike Ait Amor, who marched in the rear of the army : these people received no pay, but were satisfied with what plunder they got after a battle ; and accordingly, this principle stimulating them, they were always foremost on any contest, dispute, or battle. They begin the campaign almost in a state of nudity, and seldom return to their homes without abundance of apparel, arms, horses, camels, and money ; but this property quickly disappears, and these people are soon again educed to their wonted misery and nudity, and become impatient for another campaign of plunder. When