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culty of the dishes which had been dressed by my 
cooks. 
I returned from Morocco to Fez by the same road 
which I had taken in going to it. Though I had not 
quite recovered my health, I made some astronomical 
observations, which confirmed my anterior results; but 
unfortunately I was not yet strong enough to follow an 
assiduous application. 
In the first days of my arrival at Fez, I had a discus- 
sion with the pasha; he pretended I ought to set off 
within eight or ten days, as I had taken leave of the sul- 
tan to go to Algiers; he prepared even the means for 
my journey, and furnished me with the escort, which 
were intended to accompany me. I told him plainly 
that I was not ready, and I staid six weeks longer. A 
few days before my departure, Muley Abdsulem came 
to Fez and brought me a letter of recommendation from 
the sultan for the bey of Tunis, and an other for the 
pasha of Tarables or Tripolis. Muley Abdsulem gave 
me also a letter of recommendation of his own to the 
dey of iVlgiers, to whom Muley Soliman did not chose 
to write from political considerations. 
Having at last fixt my day of departure from Fez for 
Algiers, I took leave of Muley Abdsulem and of my 
friends, with much deeper regret than the first time, as 
the journey which I now undertook was looked upon 
by them as being a most hazardous one, and from which 
they feared I should never return. 
I left my house on Thursday morning, 30th Mayl805 
accompanied by my friends, who conducted me first to 
the mosque of Mulei Edris, and then on a part of the 
road, till I dismissed them. My house, the streets^ the 
