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again presented itself. Fortuuately a respected and well- 

 known (in Ceuta) Spanish boatman ofFered_, for a consi- 

 deration much less than the Customs duty^ to convey them 

 ashore in his baggage, and, on arranging to hire his boat for 

 the voyage to Tetuan by sea the next day, volunteered to have 

 them safely stowed on board before my departure next 

 So at 4.30 A.M., after spending the night at the 



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Map of Part of Maeocco. 



Fonda in Ceuta, I embarked in a felucca, with a crew of four 

 men and my baggage, to sail to Tetuan. On the way I 

 landed for a short time at the mouth of the river Esmir, 

 and out of a small flock of Ringed Plovers shot two males, 

 but there were no signs of their breeding there. The marsh 

 higher up the stream and running parallel with the sea- 

 shore was now nearly dry ; the little water that remained 

 was covered with slimy green weed, in which a few Storks 

 Avere wading, and the thick weeds and long grass round 

 the edges were dry and forsaken by their usual feathered 

 inhabitants. On a former visit in October there was a large 

 sheet of water here, on and about which were quantities 



