MOROCCO
painted by
A.S. FORREST
described by
S.L. BENSUSAN
Transcriber's Note:
| The following apparent printer's errors were changed: |
| from appearonce to appearance |
| from everthing to everything |
| from kindgom to kingdom |
| from "Tuesday market. to "Tuesday market." |
| Other inconsistencies in spelling have been left as in the original. |
MOROCCO
painted by
A.S. FORREST
described by
S.L. BENSUSAN
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1904
"As I have felt, so I have written."
Eōthen.
Preface
It has been a pleasant task to recall the little journey set out in thefollowing pages, but the writer can hardly escape the thought that thetitle of the book promises more than he has been able to perform. Whilethe real Morocco remains a half-known land to-day, this book does not takethe traveller from the highroad. The mere idler, the wayfarer to whomMorocco is no more than one of many places of pilgrimage, must needs dealmodestly with his task, even though modesty be an unfashionable virtue;and the painstaking folk who pass through this world pelting one anotherwith hard facts will find here but little to add to their store ofammunition. This appeal is of set purpose a limited one, made to the fewwho are content to travel for the sake of the pleasures of the road, freefrom the comforts that beset them at home, and free also from the popularbelief that their city, religion, morals, and social laws are the best inthe world. The qualifications that fit a man to make money and acquire themeans for modern travel are often fatal to proper appreciation of theunfamiliar world he proposes to visit. To restore the balance of things,travel agents and other far-seeing folks have contrived to inflict uponmost countries within the tourist's reach all the modern conveniences bywhich he lives and thrives. So soon as civilising missions andmissionaries have pegged out their claims, even the desert is deemedincomplete without a modern hotel or two, fitted with electric light,monstrous tariff, and served by a crowd of debased guides. In