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could only move when the sky was cleared. We took 
our direction S.S. W. At a quarter before ten we pass- 
ed across a large market place, which is kept here every 
Sunday, near some chapels. We took some rest at 
noon, and continued our road S. \ S. W. I had our tents 
fixed at about four o'clock, and in the vicinity of a 
douar. 
The country is first composed of small hills, whose 
tops are of the same heights; afterwards we found vast 
plains, which were bounded to the south by a large 
mountain at about twelve to fifteen miles distance, and 
by others lying still farther to S.E. and S. | S.W. I 
have reason to suppose, that these last mountains join 
those of Tetuan, and the others which are to be seen 
from the road to Fez; but in this part of the country they 
are higher, I presume, because they approach nearer 
to the great chain of the Mount Atlas. 
The ground is a fine reddish vegetable earth, some- 
what sandy, forming a stratum rather thick. The sand, 
which is of a quartz kind, contains much red feldspath, 
fit for bricks. I am not able to decide whether it 
comes from the neighbouring mountains, which are per- 
haps of a granite kind; however, those which I saw were 
all of a chalky nature. 
Vegetation was very fine. I saw many corn fields, 
melon plantations, some beans, and various grains. 
The weather was shocking. We were inundated 
with rain; and the wind was so high, that the caravan 
was several times obliged to stop. Later the weather 
got better. The thermometer was, at six o'clock, at 
12° 8'; the hygrometer at 100°. The wind blew S.W,; 
and the clouds dispersed. 
Monday, 19th MaWh. Our camp broke up at half- 
past seven in the morning. We directed to south, to- 
