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132 LETTER XVI.

Diary of a Journey from Tangier to Mogodor, showing the Distances from Town to Tonim along the Coast of the Atlantic Ocean ; useful to Persons travelling in that Country.

TO THE SAME.

Mogodor, 1801.

If you should ever come to this country, and have occasion to travel through it, the following journal of a journey from Tangier to Mogodor may be of service to you, in ascertaining the distances from one4)ort to another, &c.

Departed from Tangier for Mogodor, July 15, 1801, at 9 o'clock, A. M. Hours.

Arrived at Arzilla, at?, P. M. ---10 Mounted at 7* A. M. ; arrived at L'Araich, at 2, P.M. 7 Started at 5, A. M. ; arrived at Ras Doura, at 3, P. M. 10 Mounted at 6, A.M. ; travelled three hours; cameto aplain,level country, and arrived at Sallee, at 10 o'clock, P. M. --16 Crossed the river in the ferry, and remained at the French Consul's Hotel, at Rabat, three days. Mounted at 9 ; arrived at El Mensoria, at 9, P. M. ---1 Carry forward ---55

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