I 4 ] CHAPTER II. Rivers, Mountains, and Climate o f Marocco. T h e following are the principal rivers in the empire o f M a ro c co : The Muluwia, which separates the empire from Angad and Tlemsen, rises at the foot o f the Atlas, and, passing through the desert o f Angad, discharges itself into the Mediterranean about thirty miles S. E. o f Mellilla. T h is is a deep and impetuous stream, impassable in (Liali) the period between th e 20th o f December and 30th o f January inclusive, or the forty shortest days, as computed b y the old style ; in summer it is not only fordable, but often quite d ry, and is called from that circumstance E l Bahar b illa m i, or, a sea without water. E l ‘Iiose, or Lucco's, at El Araiche, so called from its arched windings, E l Kose signifying in the Arabic o f the western Arabs an arch. Ships o f 100 or 150 tons may enter this riv er at high w a te r ; it abounds in the fish called shebbel: it is never fordable, but ferries are constantly crossing with horses, camels, passengers and their baggage, &c. The Baht rises in the Atlas, and partly loses itself in the swamps and lakes o f the province o f E l G a rb ; the other branch probably falls into the riv er Seboo. The Seboo is the largest riv e r in West B a rb a r y ; it rises in a piece o f water situated in the midst o f a forest, near the foot o f A tlas, eastward o f the cities o f Fas and Mequinas, and winding Rivers o f Marocco. 5 through the plains, passes within six miles of fa s . Another stream, proceeding from the south o f Fas, passes through the city, and discharges itself into this r iv e r : this stream is o f so much value to the Fasees, from supplying the town w ith water, that it is called (Wed el Juhor) the riv e r o f pearls. Some au x ilia ry streams proceeding from the territory o f T e z z a fa ll into the Seboo in L ia li (the period before mentioned). T h is riv er is impassable except in boats, or on rafts. A t Meheduma, or Mamora, where it enters the ocean, it is a large, deep, and navigable stream; but the port being evacuated, foi'eign commerce is annihilated, and little shipping has been admitted since the Portugueze quitted the place. T h is r iv e r abounds more than any other in that rich and delicate fish called shebbel. I f there were any encouragement to industry in this ' country, corn might be conveyed up the Seboo to Fas at a v e ry low charge, whereas .it is now transported to that populous c ity on camels, the expense o f the hire of which often exceeds the original cost o f the grain. The Bu Regreg.— This riv e r rises in one o f the mountains o f A tlas, and proceeding through the woods and v a lle y s o f the territory o f Fas, traverses the plains o f the province o f Beni Hassen, and discharges itself into the ocean between the towns o f Salee and Rabat, the former being on the northern, th e latter ,on the southern b a n k : here some of the Emperor s sloops of war, which are denominated b y his subjects frigates, are laid up for the winter. -T h is river is never fordable, but ferries are constantly passing to and fro. The Morbeya also rises in the A tla s mountains, and dividing the territory o f Fas ftom the province o f Ted la , passes through a part o f Shawia, and afterwards separates that province and
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