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SHOOTING NEAR TANGIERS, 



native element, as if with the design of showing oflf 

 his powerful yet graceful figure. 



Again, the crafts that are at anchor or are drifting 

 seaward arc all of that picturesque felucca-rig pecu- 

 liar to the Mediterranean. Before the wind they 

 look exactly like immense butterflies, while on a 

 wind, in spite of the great yard that they have aloft, 

 they appear to be gifted, not only with wonderful 

 speed, but special gracefulness. 



Out in the bay a mile or so off you may observe 

 two or three crafts plying their oars to gain their 

 moorings. Truly they look taut and trim feluccas, 

 and they are so, for they are smugglers, and have no 

 doubt been engaged during the late dark hours trying 

 to run a cargo on the Spanish coast. Even distant 

 as you are, you can hear the sonorous voices of 

 their fearless and weather-beaten crews, chanting 

 the time, as they vigorously haul upon their heavy 

 sweeps. 



To the right, down the bay, lie the remains of old 

 Tangicrs ; close to it and running some distance into 

 the country are the ruins of an aqueduct. Some say 

 it was built by Saracens, others by the Romans, 

 thousands of years ago ; n^importe^ it is a goodly 

 structure still, and has borne the battle that time 

 has waged against it most manfully. Take your field 

 glass, for you doubtless have one, and examine the 

 country beyond the aqueduct. There you will find 

 a white line. It is the road to Tetuan. When you 

 have time to spare, follow it two or three miles 

 further, and you will find excellent red-legged part- 

 ridge shooting 'on both sides of the track. This 

 species of bird is very large here, lies well to dogs, 

 often found in the stubbles, and takes a terrible lot 

 of dusting before being brought to bag. There is a 

 watercourseof the clearest crystal close by; its margin 

 is lined with azaleas and oleanders, all now covered 

 with their lovely blossoms. Do not pass such cover 



