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t Number of Negroes naturalized--The Moors might be truly formidable--Emperor's Brother--Fez divided into two Parts--Magnificent Mosques--Commercial Privileges--Indignities which Christians undergo--Singular Supply of Water--The Imperial Gardens--Propensity to defraud--Factories--Exports--Costume--Character---Manner of Living--Domestic Vermin. LETTER XIV. Fez--Debility of the Moors--Mosques--Antiquities, Roman, Carthaginian, and Saracen--Storks held in great Veneration--Baths--Bazars-- Inhabitants--Residence--Menagerie--Marvellous Preservation of a Jew--Lions-- Tigers--Leopards--Hyenas. LETTER XV. Sudden Departure from Fez--Arrive at Mequinez--Attend the Emperor--Melancholy Catastrophe--Expedition against wild Beasts--Extensive Palaces--Seraglio--Visit a Haram--Founders of the City--A fortified Town--Inhabitants--Jewish Town--Rich Attire of the higher Orders--Numerous Market-places--Furniture--Saints Houses--Imperial Field Sports--Pack of Greyhounds--Abundance of Game. LETTER XVI. Courtship--Marriage--Funerals--Sabbath. LETTER XVII. Depart from Morocco--Roads dreadfully infested by Robbers--A Tribe of aboriginal Freebooters--Description of Morocco--Filth of the common People--Tobacco disallowed--Justice of the Emperor. LETTER XVIII. Moorish Character--Form of Devotion--Meals--Revenue--Poll-tax on the Jews--Royal Carriages--Ostrich-riding--Public Schools--Watch-dogs. LETTER XIX. Face and Produce of the Empire, natural and artificial. LETTER XX. Practice of Physic--Astrology--Poetry--Entertainment given by the Author to the Moors--Their Astonishment at the Effects of Electricity. LETTER XXI. Prevalent Diseases--Abuse of Stimulants--Medicinal Well--Sorcery--Hydrophobia. LETTER XXII. Depart for Gibraltar--Oppressive Heat--Robbers--Arrive at Larache--Affray of some English Sailors--Letter from the Governor to Lord Collingwood. LETTER XXIII. Embark for Gibraltar--Precautionary Hints. APPENDIX. No. I.--Letter from J. Turnbull, Esq. General Chairman of the Merchants trading to the Mediterranean, recommending Dr. Buffa for a civil medical Appointment at Gibraltar.--Dated 5th August 1805. No. II.--Letter from the Secretary of the Transport Board, informing Dr. Buffa that a Passage in one of His Majesty's Transports to Gibraltar was ordered for him and his Family. No. III.--Extract of a Letter from John Turnbull, Esq. Chairman of the Committee of Merchants trading to t
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