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observation, but in the absence of popular interest to
warrant the additional labour which this would entail,
I have reluctantly abandoned the idea, though for the
guidance of those who may follow I have appended
indications where to seek this special information. A ll
that I have attempted in this section is to bring together'
some of the most interesting statements o f previous writers,
corrected as far as possible by my own enquiries, but
relying chiefly on the authorities quoted. * This will
explain the comparative incompleteness of niy treatment
o f the natural and physical features of Morocco, the
drier text-book facts regarding which are easily obtainable.
It had also been my intention to give some account of
the native tribes and their distribution, but limits of
both time and space entirely preclude the attempt in
this volume.
It is therefore with some misgivings, and with much
regret, that I consign this volume to the printer as it
is, satisfied that though my ideal has not been achieved,
I have succeeded in preparing for others a, work which
would have been invaluable to me throughout my Moroccan
studies. But the thanks of my readers are due
to the numerous foreign residents who have so kindly
revised each chapter, some of them too modest to permit
my naming them, though without their aid even the
* As every detail will be found in the Bibliography o f Morocco by
Playfair and Brown, I have abstained from giving the titles of works
referred to. Most of those to which reference'” is made'will be found
critically reviewed in Part III of my volume on The Moorish Empire.
I must, however, mention the names of the late Miss Herdman, of
Misses Bolton, Jennings and Perston Taylor (Mrs. Rudduck): and of
Messrs. F, G. Aflalo, W. H. C. Andrews. Bewicke, Leon Corcos, G. H. Femau,
Lewis Forde, Geddes, Grieve, W. B. Harris, R. L. N. Johnston, Kerr,
Daniel Madden, W. Miller, J. M. McLeod, Muir, C. Nairn, C. Payton,
C. Reed, R. Spinney, W. Summers, and H. E. White.
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attempt I have made at completeness would have been
impossible. Similarly I have once more to thank those
previously named who placed their libraries at my disposal,
as also the several artists whose names are appended to
the reproductions of the photographs which they have
been good enough to permit me to copy.
On this occasion I avail myself with pleasure o f
permission to express my thanks by name to Miss Kate
A . Helliwell, the gifted and generous friend to whom
again I have been indebted for invaluable assistance in
revising my work for press.
A nd in conclusion I would repeat the request that those
o f my readers in a position to detect any o f the defects
o f this volume would oblige me, and ultimately the public,
with their criticisms and suggestions. Letters may be
addressed to the care o f the London publishers.
H a m p s t e a d , 1900.
NOTES OMITTED FROM CHAPTER V., p . n g, AND
CHAPTER XVI., p . 298.
An account .of-the “ Rebellion, of Tangier” in 1643, extracted from
the Spanish Archives, is given by Primandaie in the Rev. Africaine, No. 94,
July 1872, p. 313. The kasbah was seized by night by a wide-spread
conspiracy, without blood-shed, the governor and his wife being seized
in bed by the archdeacon.
For the Spanish overtures to regain Tangier from the English, see
L ife o f Lord Clarendon, vol. iii.
Since Chapter XVI. was printed I learn that the view of a Marrakesh
, represented on p. 298, was photographed by Mr. A. Lennox.