UNEXPLORED R EG ION S
, in summer, feed rivers which, though short
: and insignificant as rivers go, are plentiful and Water System.
I well distributed. A ll through the year .its narrow valleys
and rounded slopes are green with verdure in successive
zones, and wherever steps can be built on the hill-sides
cultivation is achieved by hardy Berbers. Its rugged
: peaks among the clouds are traversed only by the f L -
herds and their flocks, disputing the scant herbage and
[the th0rny scrub with ^ MorQccan ^ ^
aodad - c o v e r e d by the .eagle; and in some parts yet
from time to time the prey of lion or panther.*
Although by reason o f the unsettled and warlike
state of the people, and their constant rebellion
against outside influence— including that of the Unexplored
Moors— the Atlantic district o f Morocco still Region'
[remains unmapped and unexplored, certain general B
of Atlas was borne the ex-
■that of some primitive astronomer-it w a r ^ f '^ 0 ^ Ae name recalls
of art. :, According to popukr m v l w ‘ X W , Subj eCt for
Japetus (Japhet) and the nymph Asia o r o f V - WaS * son either o f
father of the Pleiades and Hyades ’ ffis abode“™ th ’ V the
explored ocean, where all manner of c o n L t VerSe of M un"
also the sight ifom the sea ofsnowy
was one of the supports of the firmLent’ n m suPP0sltl011 that here
jthe flat earth—500 years’ iournev ac ' •' Mo°rs still believe that
lange, Jebel M | i S f | R f | ^ a
¡ According to the ancients Her 1 ocean> Bahr el Mohlt.
I—presumably substituting his own cilia ' "iS ® AtlaS ° f his burden if a poetical way of saying h a t le B E S y’~ bUt 0 ^ rePlaced
¿mountains in the “ ^y-supporting »
rightful possessor ’ ^ | K f | the honour f t restored to !,s
lelled'lll"stranger finm h ift * * K“ g °f AfHca who had ex‘
l'9 B B ■ ° ^ e W«
P ausanias, ill. 18, 7 and v. 18, 1. ;
Metamorphoses, bk. iv., fable ix.