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Title: The passing of the Shereefian empire
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis, 1881-1931
Subjects: Morocco -- History Morocco -- Foreign relations
Publisher: Edinburgh and London : W. Blackwood and sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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our first stopping - place, and it had recentlydeclared for Moulai el Hafid; whilst Larache, beinga coast town and near the big warships, andconsequently fearing a bombardment, still main-tained its loyalty to Abdul Aziz. Thus one hadto cross from the camp of one party into thatof the other, and this is usually a dangerousundertaking when civilised communities are en-gaged in warfare, but in Morocco the rules arevery different, as the sequel will show. Rabbitcame to me later in the day with the news thatI must discard all my European clothes andaccoutrements and travel as a Moor, as it wouldbe quite impossible to make the journey to Fezas a European. A local tailor came to measureme, and I was soon in possession of a com-plete outfit. Moorish garments are not veryeasy to handle when you first put them on, butin the heat of the summer they are infinitelycooler than European, as you always have abreeze between the inner vest and your skin,for there is nothing close or tight - fitting to
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^ ^ A PECULIAR SITUATION. 209 prevent it. Our next step was to obtain a suit-able horse, which is just as difficult a process inMorocco as it is elsewhere in the world. How-ever, on this occasion I was singularly fortunate,and bought a fine four - year - old Barb stallionfrom an Arab who had owned him from hisfoaling, and who shed bitter tears at the parting,although he took 100 dollars Hassani in exchange.We hired a muleteer and three mules to carryour scanty belongings to Alcazar, for by thistime all my carefully selected camp-equipmenthad been whittled down to a few necessaryarticles which could be hidden away in Moorishtrunks. Rabbit said we would ride from Laracheto Alcazar in our own clothes, as that would notattract attention, and as it was only necessaryto change after we started from Alcazar for Fez. Although Larache was then faithful to AbdulAziz, and Alcazar had declared for Moulai el Hafid,I soon found that no savage internecine warfareraged between the two towns. No hosti

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