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CURTIS’S TRAVELS iN BARBARY. ~ 21 
fields; and the exquisite perfumes of the 
flowers, present the appearance of one vast 
cultivated garden; or rather of a land 
flowing with milk and honey.” ‘This 
venerable metaphor has seldom been 
more unhappily introduced. . There is 
however no doubt that this country is. 
one of the most delightful in the world: 
nature. is no’ where better, and man no- 
where worse. The grass. grows five or 
six feet high; the vineyards are most 
luxuriant. Every part of the country 
round. Tangiers is beautiful, and inter- 
spersed with villages and gardens. All 
the foreign consuls reside here. 
The.governor of Tetuan escorted the 
embassy: . — 
«< He is about forty-five years of age, with 
hard features, and was formerly a nmleteer, 
but by, his good conduct obtained the coun- 
tenance of the emperor, who finally-rewarded 
his merit with the government.of -Tetuan. 
On his,arriya!, he presented tbe embassador 
with two mules laden with fruit from Tetuan, , 
and announced the necessity of our departure, 
and encampment on the. next day at a short 
distance from the town, in order to give the. 
qauileteers an opportunity of ascertaining the, 
particular bageace entrusted to each of them, 
without which there would be unceasingly 
fighting. * It was not a little curious to hear 
them enquire for the brother of a trunk, a, 
peculiarity of expression unknown in. Ku- 
ropes- but which our interpreter informed. us 
was the common language of Barbary, where 
every article that has been pat with others, 
carried on thé same animal, or bears the least 
ey 
resemblance to another, is always denoted 
by the term brother.” . : | : 
Mr.Curtis is.mistaken. in, supposing 
that the peculiarity of expression is un- 
known in Europe. It isa common idiom 
both in Spain and Portugal; whoever 
has resided in either country, must have 
heard of .the brother of. his boot,: his 
love, &c. our English word * fellow’ 
has originated in the same anthropemor- 
phitism of language. 
«© The governor’ came to receive the pre- 
sents and our baggage on the ¢Gth. Ihis 
soldiers were drawn up ima line fronting the 
eonsul’s house; but on his leaving it, they 
formed a semicircle, and saluted him with a 
profound reverence, at the same time ex- 
claiming, ‘* Long live our noble master.” 
While ie was mounting his horse, one held 
the head, another the tail, half a dozen the 
stirrups and bridle, and others assisted him 
in placing himself, and this is the usual mode 
in which the people of Barbary display re- 
spect to their superiors. ; 
« On the 27th, after dinner, we marched 
to our epcampment about three miles from, 
© 
. Tangiers, at a place called Swanee, and were 
accompanied by all the consuls’ of foreigh 
owers, and the governor of Tangiers with a 
Fadi of- horse, colours flying, and all the 
pomp of the Moors; but the banner of 
Haghig-Hage was always carried before the » 
British ambassador throughout the whole 
journey. A supper was prepared by. the 
governor for the embassy on their arrival, 
which, though good, had such a quantity of + 
garlick mixed with it, that we eould not-taste 
have occasion fully to detail hereafter, is 
Be. - . . 
wholesome and excellent for the inhabitants, 
-1t3- but some of the Aus-kus, which I shall - 
though ill suited to the palate of am English- 
man. 
of the 28th, but from some delay in the dis- 
tribution of the baggage, we were-not able to 
leaye the ground till seven o'clock. “The 
- Moors, like all the eriental nations, have no 
idea of measuring distances according to the 
‘We struck our tents carly on the morning , 
European method, and therefore they cal-’ 
culate them by the hour; hence Iconclude 
we travelled’ at the rate of about three miles ° 
and a half each hour. Our retinue was -com- 
posed of the embassador, the vice-consul, 
myself and servant, .an artificer from th 
corps at Gibraltar, two interpreters, a cook 
and hair-dresser, with two other servants of. 
the embassador; the alkaide, or governor of 
Tetuan, with sixty horse’ soldiers as our 
guard, sixty mules and six camels for trans- 
orting the baggage. ‘The embassador and 
his ‘suite marelied in front of the soldiers, 
and this order was preserved throughout the,, 
whole journey.” 
In this parade the embassy proceeded. 
‘The country is represented to be in a. 
high state of cultivation, and well stocked, 
with every kind of cattle; they frequently 
met droves of five hundred and a thou- 
sand each, attended by only a little 
boy. ‘These boys collect their droves by 
a whistle. : 
In his orthography of Moorish words, 
Mr. Curtis is always-regulated: by his 
ear; he therefore not only differs from 
other writers, but often from himself. 
He use. douwar and derwar confusedly ; 
sometimes the governor of Tetuan is 
Haghig-Hage, at, others Hagh-Hagh; 
Arzilla is sometimes spelt Azilla, some- 
times Ozilla; we have Alfaide, Alfasar, . 
La Rach, with the same disregard or 
ignorance of established usage. 
The governors of all the provinces 
through which the English were to pass, 
had received orders from the emperor to 
provide them with every necessary. 
‘These orders were well obeyed, the Eng- 
lish, it seems, being in high favour 
with the Moors, and for a singular rea- 
son. g 
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