Arab and Berber will disappear
slowly from the Moroccan forest as the lions have done before them, and in
the place of their _douars_ and _ksor_ there shall be a multitude of small
towns laid out with mathematical precision, reached by rail, afflicted
with modern improvements, and partly filled with Frenchmen who strive to
drown in the cafe their sorrow at being so far away from home. The real
Morocco is so lacking in all the conveniences that would commend it to
wealthy travellers that the writer feels some apology is due for the
appearance of his short story of an almost unknown country in so fine a
setting. Surely a simple tale of Sunset Land was never seen in such
splendid guise before, and will not be seen again until, with past
redeemed and forgotten, future assured, and civilisation modernised,
Morocco ceases to be what it is to-day.
S.L. BENSUSAN.
_July 1904._
Contents
CHAPTER I page
By Cape Spartel 3
CHAPTER II
From Tangier to Djedida 21
CHAPTER III
On the Moorish Road 41
CHAPTER IV
To the Gates of Marrakesh 57
CHAPTER V
In Red Marrakesh 77
CHAPTER VI
Round about Marrakesh 101
CHAPTER VII
The Slave Market at Marrakesh 121
CHAPTER VIII
Green Tea and Politics 139
CHAPTER IX
Through a Southern Province 159
CHAPTER X
"Sons of Lions" 179
CHAPTER XI
In the Argan Forest 199
CHAPTER XII
To the Gate of the Picture City 217
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