Part II.—RELIGIOUS.
XIII.— SOME MOORISH CHARACTERISTICS.—The master passion;
Self-control; Fatalism; Endurance; Fellow-feeling; Integrity and
lying; Sensuality; Humour; Religion.
XIV.— THE MOHAMMEDAN YEAR IN MOROCCO.—Their era and
calendar; Moorish feasts and their celebration; Religious orgies;
Fasting and sacrifice; Pre-Muslim festivals.
XV.— MOORISH PLACES OF WORSHIP.—Sacredness; Comparison
with the East; Typical mosques; Services and calls to prayer;
Saint shrines; Preaching; Maintenance.
XVI.— THE PRAYERS OF THE MOORS.—Petitions; Ablutions;
Forms of set prayer; Direction; Specimen prayers; Guardian
angels; Hours of prayer; Rosaries.
XVII.— ALMS, HOSPITALITY AND PILGRIMAGE AMONG THE
MOORS.— Generosity; Tithes; Almsgiving seasons; Beggars;
The retort courteous; Hospitality; Entertaining Europeans;
Pilgrim outfits.
XVIII.— EDUCATION IN MOROCCO. — Primary Schools; Fees; Holidays;
Hours and methods of study; Graduations; ’Varsity life;
Colleges; The faculty; Attainments; Books.
XIX.—MOORISH SAINTS AND SUPERSTITIONS.—Holy madness;
“ Lives of the Saints” ; Religious orders; Patron saints; The
spirit world; The “ evil eye” ; Charms; Fortune-telling; MagiG.
XX.—MARRIAGE AMONG THE MOORS.—How they manage their
“ love affairs” ; Professional match-making; Furnishing the home;
The bridal “ at home” ; The great day; Afterwards.
XXI.—FUNERAL RITES IN MOROCCO.—Announcement of death;
The death wail; Mourning; Last offices; Funerals; Specimen
chant; Burial service; Interment; After death.
Part III.—ETHNOGRAPHICAL.
XXII.—THE MOROCCO BERBERS.—Historical importance; Habitat;
Race; Language; Literature, etc.; Physique; Character; Customs;
Dress; Dwellings; Food, etc.
XXIII.— THE JEWS OF MOROCCO.— Present condition; Divisions; Sufferings;
Feastings; Costume; Subsistence; Character; Hope; History;'
Jewries; Pages of honour; Folk-lore.
XXIV— THE JEWISH YEAR IN MOROCCO— Religious Festivals;
Ritual; Day of Atonement; Feast of Tabernacles; Purim;
Passover; Feast of Weeks.
To be published in April, 1901.
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