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In the Tail of the Peacock By: Isabel Savory |
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IN THE TAIL OF
THE PEACOCK By ISABEL SAVORY. Author of " A Sportswoman in India "
WITH 48 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
AND A PHOTOGRAVURE PORTRAIT "The Earth is a peacock: Morocco is the tail of it" Moorish Proverb London: HUTCHINSON & CO.
Paternoster Row 1903
PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY
PREFACE
THIS book contains no thrilling adventures, chronicles, no days devoted
to sport. It will probably interest only those minds which are content
with "the C Major of this life," and which find in other than scenes of
peril and excitement their hearts' desire. Such as care to wander through its pages must have learnt to enjoy
idleness, nor find weeks spent beneath the sun and stars too long that
is to say, the fascination of a wandering, irresponsible life should be
known to them: waste and solitary places must not appal, nor trifling
incident weary, while human natures remotely removed from their own,
alternately delight and repel. Those who understand not these things,
will find but a dull chronicle within the following pages. If to live is to know more, and to know more only to love more, the
least eventful day may possess a minimum of value, and even quiet
monotones and grey vistas be found and lost in a glamour born of
themselves. In this loud and insistent world the silent places are often overlooked,
and yet they are never empty. ISABEL SAVORY. WESTFIELD OLD HALL,
EAST DEREHAM.
February, 1903.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
TANGIER COUNTRY PEOPLE THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA MOORISH
PRISONS WE RIDE TO CAPE SPARTEL DECIDE TO LEAVE
TANGIER AND PUSH INLAND 1
CHAPTER II CAMP OUTFIT A NIGHT AT A CARAVANSERAI TETUAN THE
BRITISH VICE CONSUL MOORISH SHOPS WE VISIT A MOORISH
HOUSE AND FAMILY 27
CHAPTER III DIFFICULTIES OF "LODGINGS" IN MOROCCO A SPANISH FONDA A
MOORISH TEA PARTY POISON IN THE CUP SLAVES IN
MOROCCO EL DOOLLAH MOORISH CEMETERY RIDE TO SEMSAR SHOPPING
IN TETUAN PROVISIONS IN THE CITY 63
CHAPTER IV THE FAST OF RĂMADHAN MOHAMMED HIS LIFE AND INFLUENCE THE
FLOOD AT SAFFI A WALK OUTSIDE TETUAN THE
FRENCH CONSUL'S GARDEN HOUSE JEWS IN MOROCCO EUROPEAN
PROTECTION 97
CHAPTER V PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS AT GIBRALTAR A ROUGH NIGHT THE
STEAMER WHICH WOULD NOT WAIT AN IGNOMINIOUS RETURN
TO TETUAN A RASCALLY JEW THE ABORIGINES AND THE
PRESENT OCCUPANTS OF MOROCCO THE SULTAN, COURT,
GOVERNMENT, AND MOORISH ARMY 121
CHAPTER VI WE LOOK OVER A MOORISH COURTYARD HOUSE WITH A VIEW TO
TAKING IT WE RENT JINAN DOLERO IN SPITE OF OPPOSITION AN
ENGLISHMAN MURDERED OUR GARDEN HOUSE THE
IDIOSYNCRASIES OF MOORISH SERVANTS A NATIVE GUARD THE
RIFF COUNTRY 153
CHAPTER VII COUNTRY PEOPLE FORDING THE RIVER WE CALL ON CI HAMED
GHRALMIA AN EXPEDITION ACROSS THE RIVER IN SEARCH OF
THE BLUE POOL MOORISH BELIEF IN GINNS THE BASHA POWDER
PLAY TETUAN PRISON 181
CHAPTER VIII MISSIONARIES AT TETUAN POISONING IN MOROCCO FATIMA'S
RECEPTION DIVORCE AN EXPEDITION INTO THE ANJERAS AN
EMERALD OASIS 217
CHAPTER IX WE LEAVE TETUAN A WET NIGHT UNDER THE STARS S`LAM DESERTS
US WE SAIL FOR MOGADOR THE PALM TREE HOUSE SUS
AND WADNOON COUNTRIES THE SAHARA THE ATLAS
MOUNTAINS 249
CHAPTER X ON THE MARCH ONCE MORE BUYING MULES A BAD ROAD FIRST
CAMP ARGAN TREES COOS COOSOO A TERRIBLE NIGHT DOCTORING
THE KHAYLIFA ROUGHING IT UNDER CANVAS 281
CHAPTER XI A PARTING MONA FORDING SHESHAOUA RIVER JARS OF FOOD FIRST
SIGHT OF MARRAKESH A PERILOUS CROSSING RIDE
INTO MARRAKESH THE SLAVE MARKET 311
CHAPTER XII THE THURSDAY MARKET WE MIGHT HAVE GONE TO GLAOUIA LEAVE
MARRAKESH AND SET OUT ON OUR LAST MARCH FOR
THE COAST FLOWERS IN MOROCCO ON THE WRONG TRAIL ARAB
TENTS GOOD BYE TO EL MOGHREB 339
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Except where otherwise stated, the Illustrations are from photographs by
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