fected city, as I have done before, without
any other precaution than that of a segar in my mouth, when, by
avoiding contact and inhalation, I should most assuredly be free
from the danger of infection!!

[Footnote 141: Mr. Colaco, having lately observed that oil was
used externally to anoint the body, as a preservative against
the plague; conceived the idea of administering this simple
remedy _internally_ to persons already infected; numerous
experiments were made by this gentleman, who administered from
four to eight oz. olive oil at a dose; and out of 300
individuals already infected, who resorted to this remedy, only
twelve died.]

When these precautions are strictly observed, I maintain, (in
opposition to all the theoretical dogmas that have lately been
propagated) that there is no more danger of infection with the
plague, than there is of infection from any common cold or rheum.

191

JOURNEY FROM TANGIER TO RABAT
_THROUGH THE PLAINS OF SEBOO_,

To accompany Dr. Bell, in Company with the Prince Muley Teib and an
Army of Cavalry.

_Officiated as Interpreter between the Prince and Dr.
Bell.--Description of Food sent to us by the Prince.--The Plains of
M'sharrah Rummellah, an incomparable fine and productive
Country.--The Cavalry of the Amorites,--their unique Observations
on Dr. Bell.--their mean Opinion of his Art, because he could not
cure Death.--Passage of the River Seboo on Rafts of inflated
Skins.--Spacious Tent of Goat's Hair erected for the Sheik, and
appropriated to the Use of the Prince.--Description of the
magnificent Plains of M'sharrah Rummellah and Seboo.--Arabian
Royalty.--Prodigious Quantity of Corn grown in these
Plains.--Matamores, what they are.--Mode of Reaping.--The Prince
presents the Doctor with a Horse, and approves of his
Medicines.--The Prince and the Doctor depart south-eastwardly, and
the Author pursues his Journey to Rabat and Mogodor._

I happened to be at Tangier when the (_shereef_) prince Muley Teib
was collecting an army to join that of the emperor, which was on
the banks of the river Morbeya, (see the map of West Barbary, p.
55,) in Shawiya. Doctor Bell, who had then recently arrived from
Gibraltar, to attend the prince,