CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Voyage to Gibraltar — View of Tangier — Interior of the town — 

 Portuguese and English occupation — Hospitable reception by 

 Sir John Drummond Hay — Kavensrock — Government of 

 Marocco — Climate of North Marocco — Exceptional season — 

 The Djebel Kebir and its vegetation — Oistus and Heath 

 region — Cape Spartel — Night at the Lighthouse — Cave of 

 Hercules — Arab village — Return to Tangier . 



CHAPTER II. 



Start for Tetuan — Vegetation of the low country — Serpent 

 charmers — Twilight in the forest — The Fondak — Stormy 

 night on the roof — Breakfast on the hiU — Riff Mountains — A 

 Governor in chains — Fate of high officials in Marocco — Valley 

 of Tetuan — Jew quarter of the city — Ascent of the Beni 

 Hosmar — Vegetation of the mountain — A quiet day — Jewish 

 population — Ride to Oeuta — Spanish campaign in Marocco — 

 Fortifications of Ceuta — Return to European civilisation — 

 Spanish convict stations in Africa . . . .25 



CHAPTER III. 



Sail to Algeciras — Vegetation of the neighbouring hills— Com- 

 parison between the opposite sides of the Strait of Gibraltar — 

 Return to Tangier — Troubles of a botanist — Fez pottery — 

 Voyage in French steamer — Rabat and Sallee — Land at Casa 

 Blanca — Vegetation of the neighbourhood— Humidity of the 

 coast climate — Mazagan — View of Saffi . . .58 



