and every person whom I consulted upon this subject 
could not tell me whether it was in existence. I should 
have been more scrutinizing in my inquiries, but that 
I was obliged to desist, that I might not become sus- 
pected, and give rise to unfavourable prejudices. The 
mosque of Fez can boast of the singularity of having 
a covered place for women, who may choose to partici- 
pate in the public prayers; this is a circumstance uni- 
que, and peculiar to this building; for; as the Prophet 
has not assigned any place for women in his para- 
dise, the Mahometans give them no places in the 
mosques, and have exempted them from the obligation 
of frequenting the public prayers. 
There is a new mosque, which has been finished by 
the present sultan Muley Soliman; it is constructed 
with more elegance than the others, its arches are more 
elevated, and its pillars in better proportion; but the 
plan is just the same as the rest. 
The mosque the most frequented at Fez, and the 
least similar to the others, is that which is dedicated to 
the sultan Muley Edris, the founder of Fez, and who 
of course is venerated as a saint; his ashes are deposited 
in this sanctuary. 
This temple, like all monuments of this kind, has a 
court-yard surrounded by arcades; but the covered part 
is a large square saloon without any arches or pillars, 
its roof is very lofty, of wood, and decorated with ara- 
besques; it forms an octagonal pyramid, supported only 
by the four walls of the saloon. The sepulchre of the 
sultan Muley Edris is at the right side of the Imaum's 
niche, and is covered with chequered cloth of various 
colours, which has become very dirty from the devo- 
tion of numerous votaries. A great number of glass 
lamps and crystal lustres are suspended in the interior 
