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Title: Travels in the Atlas and southern Morocco. A narrative of exploration
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Thomson, Joseph, 1858-1895
Subjects: Morocco -- Description and travel Atlas Mountains
Publisher: New York : Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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t find audible expression. On the con-trary, to show him that I had not been an earthwormfor nothing, I held forth to him in these terms, as Iseated myself on a rock to recover after my strugglein the mine :— We are now in the very centre or focus of erup-tion by which the almost horizontal limestone beds wehave seen all round the mountain have been thrust up,till they stand on end and form the short and narrowrange which runs north and south, as you see, like afishs dorsal fin. This huge pit has in all probabilitybeen blown out of the centre of the mountain by anexplosion of steam, though largely refilled by the shat-tered debris. Springs, probably hot, and charged withhydrated oxides of iron, have undoubtedly risen throughthis natures safety-valve, and deposited their mineralload among the debris in such irregular veins as Ihave just been exploring, and in such cavities as yousee there in the face of the rock. In process of timethese have dried up or found other exits in the moun-
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THROLGII sum DM A TO SAFIL 107 taiu-side, but somethin<!j of tlic residual heat whichproduced tlie steam which raised this mountain anddeposited that iron is still to be remarked in the hotsprint,^s which bubble up in the glen of the WadKseb near Mogador. Satisfied that I had duly impressed my companionwith the result of my earth-grubbing, I arose, and,though still aching and skinless about the knuckles,elbows, and knees, hurried back to camp. After a much-needed wash and some refreshment,we struck camp shortly after mid-day, to the disgustof our men, who did not understand this display ofenergy, especially when food and water were abundant,shade refreshing, and no danger to be feared. The day was by no means a pleasant one to travelin, there being not a breath of air, while the sun simplybroiled us with its untempered fervour. We travellednorth along the base of the mountain to where theupper plateau edge and the range converged to forma narrow picturesque defile, to re-diverge ag

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