CONTENTS. XVli ating in the narrow Defile in the Mountains of Atlas, — Extensive Plantations of Olives. — Village of Ait Musie. — Fruga Plains. — Marocco Plains. — Fine Corn. — Reception at Marocco, and Audience with the Emperor. — Imperial Gardens at Marocco.— Prince Abdelmelk's magnificent Apparel reprobated by the Sultan.— The Port of Santa Cruz shut to the Commerce of Europe, and the Merchants ordered to Marocco. — The Prince banished to the Bled Shereef, or Country of Princes ; viz. Tafilelt, of the Palace at Tafilelt.— Abundance of Dates.— Face of the Country. — Magnificent Groves of Palm or Date-trees. — Faith and Integrity of the Inhabitants of Tafilelt. — Imperial Gardens at Marocco.— Mode of Irrigation. — Attar of Roses, vulgarly called Otto of Roses {Attar being the Word signifying a Distillation.). — State of Oister Shells on the Top of the Mountains of Sheshawa, between Mogodor and Marocco, being a Branch of the Atlas. — Description of the Author's Reception on the Road from Marocco to Mogodor. — Of the Elgrored, or Sahara of Mogodor ----Page 73 Letter VIII. From Mr. Willis to Mr. Jackson 84?

Extract of a Letter from His .Excellency J. M. Matra, British Envoy to -Marocco, &c. to Mr. Jackson ------85 Letter IX. (To James Willis, Esq.) Custom of visiting the Emperor on his Arrival at Marocco. — Journey of the Merchants thither on that Occasion. — No one enters the Imperial Presence without a Present. — Mode of travelling. — The Commercio.— Imperial Gardens at Marocco Audience of the Sultan. — Amusements at Marocco. — Visit to the Town of Lepers. — Badge of Distinction worn by the Lepers. — Ophthalmia at Marocco. — Its probable Cause. Immense Height of the Atlas, East and South of Marocco. — Mode of visiting at Marocco. — Mode of Eating. — Trades or Handicrafts at Marocco. — Aua