NATURAL HISTORY. 



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the valley, the fleur-de-lis, lupins, 

 roses, jonquils, mignionet, jas- 

 mines, violets, the orange and ci- 

 tron flowers, and many others, 

 grow here spontaneously ; and in 

 the months of March and April, 

 the air in the morning is strongly 

 perfumed with their grateful and 

 delicious odours. The fruits are, 

 oranges of the finest flavour, figs 

 of various kinds, water and musk 

 melons, apricots, peaches, and va- 

 rious kinds of grapes, pears, dates, 

 plums, and pomegranates. 



The air about Marocco is gene- 



rally calm; the neighbouring moun- 

 tains of Atlas defend the plain in 

 which it stands from the scorching 

 Shume, or hot wind which blows 

 from Tafilelt and Sahara, by ar- 

 resting its progress, and the snow 

 with which they are always co- 

 vered, imparts a coolness to the 

 surrounding atmosphere ; in sum- 

 mer, however, the heat is intense, 

 though the nights, during that pe- 

 riod, are cool : in winter the cold is 

 very sensibly felt ; but the climate 

 is extremely healthy. The inhabi- 

 tants, particularly the Jews, are, 

 however, affected with ophthalmia. 



on the connection between mind and matter, among which subjects, in all nine, 

 the second is the History of ii*e Power and Influence of Imagination, the sen- 

 sation felt on viewing the snow-topped mountains of Atlas is curious, and in 

 physiology very important. It is for this reason that we have selected this 

 article. The sensation was no doubt allied, and in some degree participated in, 

 the very nature of that excited by a cooling breeze. Imaginations, or ideas, are 

 re-sensations. Imagination, powerfully excited, runs, in some measure, back 

 into sensation. 



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