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Prom tie- Albany Cultivatoi ■ 

 Climate and Products of Morocco. 



LETTER. FROM THE UNITED STATES CONSUL. 



" Land of the Moon," f 



Tangier, Nov. 9, 1848 , 



Friend Tucker — When, three years ago, I 

 wrote my lust communication for your excellent 

 Cultivator, from my little Rural Gothic Cottage 

 at Elm wood, on the hanks of the Genesee, al 

 Rochester, I little thought that my next would he 

 nddressed m you from an antiquated Moorish 

 mansion, on the hanks of the Straits of Gibral- 

 tar, in such a strange, wild, unique country as is 

 this "Land of the Moors." Ami much less did 

 1 expect, while cultivating my rata bngns and 

 rearing my Short Horns and Hereford?, in the 

 valley of the Genesee, ever to he engaged in 

 cultivating the orange, the lig, the olive and t lie 

 I omegramite, ami training my Seel harb, or Ara- 

 h'mn charger, on the plains of Africa. Vet all 

 these strange ami unforeseen transitions have 

 taken place in three short years, besides a great 

 variety of equally incongruous incidents which 

 have transpired in the interim, lint you know 

 that a love of change, .and a propensity for ad- 

 venture ami experiment, are characteristics of 

 the people of Yankeedom ; ami In; must he sad- 

 ly deficient in the attributes pertaining to a gen- 

 uine sou of Yankee-land, who has not, as occa- 

 sion may oiler, the ingenuity and tact to turn his 

 hand to any employment that may soil his limey 

 or convenience — whether it he that of an ama- 

 teur cultivator of nature's productions, eilher in 

 the frigid or torrid zones, in tin: temperate or 

 tropical chines — whether it lie in wielding :i 

 pruning knife or an editorial pin — ploughing the 

 I, mil or ploughing the sea— whether in culling 

 l|ie GorUiau knot of political tacticians, or the 

 knotiy limbs of an unsound sapling — or whether 

 in treading the thorny paths of political strife, or 

 the more dignified ami pleasing walks of diplo- 

 matic life. This versatility of temper and charac- 

 ter, which so peculiarly characterizes the Amer- 

 ican people, seems strange and unaccountable 

 In Europeans, although litllo is thought of it 

 among ourselves. 



Define leaving New York, I promised to com- 



ply with your request, to give you some account 

 of the climale, soil, productions, modes of culti- 

 vation, \c, in the Empire of Morocco. But I 

 have been SO short a lime in this country, lluq 

 1 have not yet had an Opportunity of observing 

 personally, all the different operations of these 

 strange people ; ami as they till speak ill un- 

 known tongues, (at least to me,) hut little idea 

 can he obtained by their descriptions, and 1 fear, 

 therefore, thai I shall not at this lime ho able to 

 afford much either to instruct or interest your 

 readers. 



Tangier is in latitude 35 deg. 48 minutes. I ar- 

 rived here on the 14th of July. Previous to 

 leaving my Country, my friends thought it would 

 he imprudent in me to reach this hot, scorching 

 climate, in the height of its midsummer heat. 

 But you may he surprised, as I have been, to 

 learn that the heat of summer is not near as in- 

 tense here as in the United Slates — even in the 

 most northwardly Slates of New York, Vermont, 

 &c. I commenced on the 27lh of July, noting 

 the temperature by my thermometer, at 9, 12, 4 

 and (i o'clock, and have kept it up nearly every 

 day since; and from that date to the 20lh of 

 September, the mercury never rose above 77i, 

 nor fell below 70S degrees. It is the most uni- 

 form climate that I have ever lived under ; we 

 have almost constantly fresh sea breezes, which 

 very much temper the he.it of the sun. 1 hap- 

 pened to notice in a New York paper, that the 

 thermometer at Washington, on the 28th of July, 

 was at 86 deg. ; here it was at 73 on the same 

 day. We had no rains here during the summer 

 season, nor until the 'JOih of September, and _\ct 

 vegetation seemed to thrive, and ihe land has 

 produced its usual abundance. While the pas- 

 ture lands in the valleys ami Oil the uplands, 

 were baked so hard that they cracked open, 

 leaving fissures large enough, in some instances, 

 to admit a donkey's hoof, yet the grounds, vine- 

 yards, &c, which were under the process of 

 Ullage, did not appear to suffer al all from the 

 drought. 



We had a few days of rain here, I he latter part 

 of September and the forepart of October, w bieh 

 gave a very rapid growth to vegetation, making 

 a most remarkable change in the appearance of 

 the whole landscape Around. The weather, for 

 the last two or three weeks has been clear and 

 remarkably mild. Since the comencemeiit of 

 this month, the thermometer has ranged at about 

 lio degrees, and the people are now making their 

 gardens, planting their vegetables — and in many 

 instances, these productions are already Up, and 

 looking fresh and green. During a short ride into 

 the country yesterday, 1 saw ihe heaths, in some 

 places, literally covered with a most beautiful wild 

 flower, a specie of crocus. The pear, the cherry, 

 plum, orange, Her., are in hlossoni. it is no unusual 

 ihing lo see the fig, orange, and oilier trees, hav- 

 ing on them at the suinc time, fresh budding blos- 

 soms and ripe fruit. The fresh Jig is a tnosl de- 

 licious fruit, anil it comes on in such a continu- 

 ous succession that wo have it in perfection dur- 

 ing nearly the whole summer and autumn. It 



may seem somewhat paradoxical to say that one 

 kind of this Iruit is green when ripe, and another 

 black when green — yet such is the fact. 



Most of the tropical fruits grow here in per- 

 fection — ihe orange, lemon, lime, plantain, ba- 

 nana, fig', olive, date, &C, and the grapes are de- 

 licious. There are great varieties of lids excel- 

 lent fruit— some white, some black, and some of 

 a wine color; the muscatels are very fine, and 

 there is a kind which, from their remarkable 

 length, and delicate, slender tapering form, I 

 should call "the lady's finger," that are of a rich, 

 sweet flavor. We have had ripe grapes^ here 

 since ihe middle of July — a single cluster which 

 was sent me by a friend, weighed three pounds. 

 This luxurious fruit may he bought here during 

 most or all of the summer months for brie cent per 

 pound ; fine oranges and figs, from two to three 

 cents n dozen — or much cheaper by the quantity. 



The hills ami valleys, for miles around this 

 place, are covered with vineyards and orange 

 groves — and most of my consular and diplomat- 

 ic, colleagues have fine gardens, filled with all 

 these delightful fruits. The Swedish, Dutch, 

 Danish and Spanish gardens are most charming 

 places of resort. There also aie a great variety 

 of flowers, and ornamental trees and shrubs; 

 hundreds of yards of the different varieties of 

 geraniums, maybe seen bordering the walks; 

 and oleander.-', as large as good sized cherry 

 trees, put forth most beautiful and fragrant flow- 

 ers. The linden, the horse chestnut, the calalpa, 

 the palm, the mountain laurel, the larch, and the 

 various firs also adorn the grounds. 



You will not he surprised, I presume, that 

 amid such scenes, and under such templing cir- 

 cumstances, my old horticultural mania should 

 return. I have purchased of a Moor a litllo 

 vineyard and garden, containing about an aero 

 of ground, and which, although somewhat run 

 down for want of proper care and attention in 

 cultivating it, has nevertheless, a large variety of 

 grapes and figs, and a small assortment of oran- 

 ges, pomegranates, &c, with pears, peaches, ap- 

 ricots, cherries, and the like ; these latter are 

 much inferior to our fruits of those classes, and 

 I have ordered an assortment of all the best va- 

 rieties of our American fruits, from our friend 

 Moulson, of Rochester, which 1 intend to plant 

 in my little domain, as soon us they arrive ; to- 

 gether with a small, choice assortment of flower, 

 garden and field seeds, which I' have urdered to 

 he sent me with ihe trees; and 1 may hereafter 

 advise you ns to the success of my experimcuis. 



My little plantation is si'.uatod on the slope or 

 terrace pf a hill, a few rods outside of the cily 

 walls, (enclosed with a hedge of the ever-ver- 

 dant cane, already fifteen to Iwcuty feel high,) 

 ami commands fine views of the surrounding 

 mange groves and vineyards, Ihe mountain pinks 

 of Morocco, and the lime-renowned " Pillai s .■( 

 Hercules " — as well as of the Caslle and tipper 

 portion of the town, and a delightful water; view, 

 overlooking the hay and the straits, wilh the 

 mountains of Andalusia, and the reeky fortress 

 of Gibraltar, peering up in the gray distance ; 



