LEMPRIERE. 
of the Christians appeared almost miraculous. 
None of themselves possessed such a measure of 
learning, and they were equally destitute of ele- 
gant accomplishments. They received, indeed, 
daily lessons of music ; but noise, in this perform* 
ance, was viewed as the principal requisite. 
After a residence of five weeks, and before the 
prince's cure was completed, Mr Lempriere re- 
ceived an order to repair to the court of Morocco. 
The road led him over one of the loftiest branches 
of the Atlas. He found it composed of rocky 
chffs, perpendicular and tremendous precipices, 
with deep and beautiful valleys intervening. In 
these valleys were numerous huts of the Brebes or 
Brebers, a hardy native race, who inhabit nearly 
the whole of this mountain chain. Their habita- 
tions are rudely built of earth and mud, and wall- 
ed in ; and some, in the highest parts of the 
mountain, make their abode in caves. Their fa- 
vourite instrument is the musket, and they are 
excellent marksmen. Each village chooses its 
own sheik, so that they exhibit the only trace of 
a republican constitution that exists in northern 
Africa. ^ 
On Lempriere's arrival at Morocco, he soon 
learned the cause of his abrupt removal from Ta- 
rudant. The emperor was dissatisfied that the 
young prince should have sent for him, without 
any authority from himself 5 and he was also as- 
