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Let us ever regard with horror such despotical gov- 
ernments, where subjects are so wretched, where nature 
has been so bountiful! This wood continued with us a 
long time, and we fixed our tents in it at last. 
The weather was cloudy; it rained occasionally, and 
we felt some cold. These circumstances made this 
country look like a northern province of France or Eng- 
land; it had no appearance of one of the burning provin- 
ces of Africa. 
At six in the evening the thermometer was at 10°, 
and the hygrometer at 100°. The sky cleared up, and 
the wind blew west. I should have been delighted 
with the pleasure of observing an eclipse of satellites 
which took place that evening, but the clouds disappoin- 
ted me. 
Sunday, 4th March. These troublesome rains lasted 
all the night and day. We continued, however, our road 
at half past seven towards W.S.W. declining rather to 
the S.W. At half past two we arrived at the walls of 
Salee. As I was in a hurry, and had no occasion to 
stop at this town, I ordered them to pass the river, and 
we entered Rabat, which is situated on the left banks 
of it. 
The country presents on all sides extensive plains, 
which lose themselves to the sight, and the ground is 
composed of red sand. We had began our journey 
very early and found on our road woods, of broom 
smaller and thicker than that which we past yesterday; 
the almond trees in blossom were not less considerable. 
Of other plants there was nothing remarkable, nor in 
abundance, and the few which we met were verv back- 
ward. It was noon when we got out of the woods, and 
we then discovered a very extensive coast forming the 
shores of the great Atlantic Ocean. 
