Chapter XII

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[Footnote 56: It appears from the testimony of the Moors as well as the Berebbers, that Marocco is a more ancient town than Fas: we have not, however, any written account of it previous to the 424th year of the Hejira.]

[Footnote 57: This cement is called Tabia by the Moors. Livy tell us that the walls of Saguntum were built with mortar made of earth.]

[Footnote 58: The Emperor, Seedy Mohammed, who died in 1790, after reigning thirty-three years, shewed a great predilection for the city of Marocco, and caused several regular pavilions to be built by Europeans in the midst of the palace gardens; these are of hewn stone, and finished in a plain substantial style. There are many private gardens in the city, containing the most delicious fruits, and having pavilions decorated much in the style of those above described, which form a curious contrast with the real, or apparent wretchedness of the surrounding buildings.]

[Footnote 59: This is the man to whom Rhazes, the Arabian physician, dedicated his book de Variolis et Morbillis.]

[Footnote 60: See page 38.]

[Footnote 61: It appears, however, that they have been taken down, and afterwards replaced, or others substituted.]

[Footnote 62: See under Zoology.]

[Footnote 63: See under Zoology. Though not now worshipped, the serpent was probably one of the deities previous to the introduction of Mohammedanism.]

[Footnote 64: An Arabic title implying commander of the faithful.]

[Footnote 65: The year of the Mohammedans is lunar. The Hejira began in July 622 A.C.]

[Footnote 66: He built a town for the same purpose in the plains of M’sharrah Rumellah, and in other places, all which are now in ruins.]

[Footnote 67: This prince fled from Medina in Arabia, to avoid the persecution of the Khalif Abd Allah, and retiring into Africa, penetrated to the west of the Atlas, where, being struck with the beauty of the adjoining plains, he founded the city of Fas, having previously propagated the religion of the Arabian prophet at the place now called the Sanctuary of Muley Dris Zerone, in the Atlas mountains, west of the city of Mequinas.]

[Footnote 68: There are many other kinds of marble in this country, similar to what is found in different parts of Italy, and the rest of Europe.]

[Footnote 69: Most of the principal inhabitants have baths in their own houses.]

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