INTRODUCTION. 
absence of inns in the former country (except one or two at 
Tangier and a few coast-towns) renders it necessary for the 
European traveller to carry about not only a tent but a good 
deal of extra baggage, cooking-appliances &c., which would 
otherwise be superfluous. The impedimenta are transported 
on the backs of mules, which may be hired at the rate of one 
dollar per diem. One or two Moors must also be taken to 
pitch tents, load and unload the pack-animals, and so make 
themselves generally useful, which they always do. They are 
usually paid one and sixpence a day each. The only provi- 
sions which can be procured at the country villages consist of 
fowls, eggs, butter, milk, and kuskoo-soo; the latter is a 
peculiar preparation of flour, and may be considered the 
national dish of Morocco. It would therefore be advisable 
for a party travelling in the interior to provide themselves 
with some tins of preserved meat and vegetables, as well as 
with whatever wine, spirits, &c. they might require. The 
most satisfactory way of making an expedition through the 
country, I have found by experience, is to contract with a 
respectable Moor, who will usually defray the entire expenses, 
including hire of baggage, animals, servants, cook, and meals, 
exclusive of vnne, at the rate of five dollars a head per diem. 
As far as I have had opportunities of judging, I have 
reason to consider travelling in Morocco to be unattended 
with any danger ; and to Englishmen the natives are certainly 
better inclined than to any other European nation. The late 
Sultan, however, issued an edict to the effect that he would 
not hold himself responsible for the life or property of any 
Christian who at the time of any outrage should be unattended 
by a Moorish soldier ; and I may here state that a mounted 
soldier to act as a guard can always be procured on appli- 
cation to the Consul of the nation to which the applicant 
belongs. I should therefore strongly advise any party in- 
tending to make an expedition further than ten or fifteen 
miles from Tangier to provide themselves with this necessaiy 
functionary, to whom they must pay one dollar a day. This 
sum is generally considered to be exorbitant -, and it certainly 
is so in a country where the necessaries of life are far cheaper 
