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tures and large dark eyes, but seemed dazed and stupified 

 by the crowd, the noise, the glare of many lights, and the 

 heat of the close rooms, from which we were not sorry 

 soon to escape. 



On June 7 the time for our departure arrived, and 

 towards sunset we went on board the Lady Havelock, 

 accompanied by our kind host, Mr. Carstensen, and by the 

 late Mr. Grrace, the representative of one of the chief English 

 mercantile houses engaged in the Marocco trade, to whom 

 we were indebted for numerous marks of attention during 

 our stay in South Marocco. 



We found in- Captain Bone, who commanded the Lady 

 Havelock, an old acquaintance ; for it was in this steamer 

 that, on our first arrival, we crossed the Straits from 

 Gribraltar to Tangier. He had warned us not to expect 

 much good from Marocco or the Moors, and was always 

 well pleased when in the course of conversation he was 

 able to extract any facts to confirm his unfavourable pre- 

 possessions. 



The north wind had been blowing freshly all day, but, 

 as usual, it fell at nightfall. The moment for heaving the 

 anchor had arrived ; we took leave of our Mogador friends, 

 and soon found ourselves once more gently rolling on the 

 broad Atlantic waves. 



On the morning of June 8 we were before Saffi. Mr. 

 Hunot, the British Vice-Consul, soon came on board, and 

 we gladly accepted his courteous invitation to spend the 

 day ashore. Through his brother, who had so kindly 

 assisted us during our diplomatic struggle with the autho- 

 rities in the city of Marocco, Mr. Hunot already knew of 

 our journey in the interior, and kindly interested himself 

 in forwarding our wish to make the best use of our time 

 at Saffi. This place is considered to be much hotter in 

 summer than Mogador ; yet, during an excursion of several 

 hours, we found the heat much less oppressive than it 

 commonly is at the same season on the shores of the 

 Mediterranean. 



