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be as numerous as his virtues. The day after my arri- 
val at Fez, I had a visit from the principal sherifs of the 
tribe of Edris, and several others of the town. At these 
visits their-questions to me were numerous, and so were 
their inquiries of my servants; they put to these, regular 
interrogatories concerning me, but their answers were so 
highly satisfactory, that before the end of the second day 
they kissed my beard several hundred times, and the 
most distinguished besought my friendship. 
The Edris charmed with their guest, thought of 
keeping me a long while, and did their utmost to please 
me; but as I was not at my ease unless in my own house, 
they were forced to procure one for me, and in a few 
days I was placed in one which they had very neatly 
furnished. 
The prince Mulei Abdsulem being at Fez, I waited 
on him the second day after I was settled in my resi- 
dence. This illustrious and respectable man, who was 
blind, received me very kindly, and intreated me to call 
on him every day, which I promised, and I kept my 
promise. 
The despotism which for such a long time has weigh- 
ed down these countries, has brought the inhabitants to 
the necessity of hiding their money, to dress and to 
manage their domestic economy with all possible dis- 
simulation. None of them affects the shew of luxury 
be he ever so rich, except the near relations of the sultan 
and the sherifs Edrissi, who enjoy more freedom in this 
regard, and who fear not to dress themselves and to have 
comfortable lodging. My friends seeing that I did not 
submit to this mean custom of Fez, as I rather imitated 
the oriental luxury, expressed their uneasiness; but I 
continued in my adopted system, and -they got accus- 
tomed to it, and even some of them began to imitate 
