were soon after killed»* The re is a tradition-, that the wife o f Mo ley el Mumen, desirous o f ornamenting the tefnple built by her husband, caused these globes to be made o f the gold melted down from the jewels which the king gave her. .At the extremity o f the city, towards the Atlas, and near the imperial palace, is the department for the Jews, called El Millah, the gates o f which are shut at n ig h t : these people have an A l- kaid appointed over them-, to whom th e y app ly for protection against in su lt: the y pay a certain tribute or poll-tax, {called Elgazia), to the A lk a id ; they are for the most part r i c h ; but from motives o f policy, under this despotic government, they endeavour to appear poor, miserable, and dirty. Not more than two thousand Jewish families now reside here, great numbers having been induced, from various causes, to emigrate to the adjacent mountains, where they are free from taxation. In this quarter stands the Spanish convent, which, till la te ly, was inhabited by two or three fria rs ; but it is now d e serted. T h e Kasseria, o r department for trade, is an oblong building, surrounded with shops o f a small size, filled with silks, cloths, linens-, and other valuable articles lor sale. Here the people rCsOrt to transact business, bear the news, kc. much in the same manner as is done on the exchanges o f European tow n s ; and independent gentlemen, who have no occupation at court, often hire one o f these shops, merely for the purpose o f passing the morning here in conversation on politics, and other subjects. T h e principal gates o f Marocco are the Beb El Khurnise and Beb D u q u e lla ; the former takes its name from a market called Soke -El Khumise, or the fifth d a y ’s market, o r Thu r sd ay ’s * It appears, however, that they have been taken down, and afterwards re. placed, or others substituted. Aqueduct at Marocco. 03 market, where horses, cattle, and a ll kinds of merchandize are bought and sold ; the latter, o r Duquella Gate, takes its name from the province o f that name. Besides these-, there is the Gate o f the M illah, the Gate o f the Luksebba, or palace, and two or three other gates, T h e city o f Marocco is supplied with water from numerous wells and springs amongst the different o liv e plantations, and the rich procure it from the riv e r Tensift, which flows at a short distance from the c ity : this water is v e ry salubrious, and anti- bilious, and is drank in cases o f indigestion. There is also a subterraneous aqueduct built o f brick, which surrounds the town, twenty feet below the surface» and from which, at about eve ry hundred yards, pipes o f brick-work branch off, and convey the water into the different houses; ove r each o f these branches are excavations from the surface, through which persons descend to repair any injuries b e lo w ; but this aqueduct is now much neglected, and out o f repair. This city being now on the decline, little can be said o f its cleanliness; the streets are mostly filled with ruins o f houses which have gone to decay; and in the Millah, or Jews’ quarter, heaps o f dung and other filth are seen, as high as the houses. T h e Moors, however, from a natural desire of cleanliness, in which the Jews are scandalously deficient, pay more attention to the streets in which they reside. 1 he houses o f the Alkaid s, Shereefs, or nobles, and other military officers, are lofty, spacious, and strongly bu ilt, with a turret in the middle, or on one ride, where the women take the air, and pass the evening in fresco. T he rest o f the houses being almost all old, th e y swarm with vermin, p ar ticu lar ly bugs, which, in the s.ummer season, are literally a plague, the walls being covered with th em ; at this
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