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kind of plants, chiefly of the palm sort. They were in 
full blossom. 1 saw some ears of barley quite formed, 
but of a small grain. 
The weather was dark all the morning, but cleared up 
somewhat later. At a quarter after eight, the thermome- 
ter in the tent stood at 12° 8', and the hygrometer at 
98o. 
Friday, 16th March. Thick weather, continually 
overcast; showers of rain obliged me to wait. 
I profited of a moment of sun- shine in the morning, 
and of the passage of Sirius at night, to calculate the lati- 
tude of Azamor, being 33° 18' 46" north, and the lon- 
gitude 10 Q 24' 15'' west, from the Parisian observatory. 
This calculation may be susceptible of a trifling mis- 
take, but it will not exceed 12". 
The great mosque had a pretty aspect; and the town 
did not seem to be ugly. It is fortified with walls, but 
without ditches. It has a considerable market every 
Friday. Before the town is a fine suburb, with an her- 
mitage. 
The river, which may be about 150 feet wide, is very 
deep, and of a strong current; and boats pass it with 
great difficulty, and with danger from the current. This 
gives rise to a saying of the inhabitants, that some devils 
live in it. The left shore on this spot is high and steep, 
but the right one is flat and even. I was told that this 
river comes from the mountains of 7W/tf,which is the 
name of the Great Atlas. When I saw it, the water was 
as red and charged with slime as the Nile at the time of 
its inundation; it was therefore not to be drank without 
having stood a while to settle. There was formerly 
much trade carried on upon this river, and it was filled 
with vessels. I thought the sea about the eighth part 
