s" must be received with caution, 381-394

Postal reform needed, 286

Powder play, 91, 94, 121, 135

Prayer, Moslem, 69, 142, 152;
call to, 69, 70

Prisons and prisoners, miserable, 233-241;
long terms, 234-237;
the lash, 238, 246;
the bastinado, 255;
Jews in, 260

Protection system, the, 29, 242-251;
the need: story of Hamed Zirari, 242-246;
the search: story of Abd Allah bin Boo Shaib es-Salih, 247-251;
patent of, 251;
"farming," 251 _note_

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Rabat, Hassan tower at, 347, 348

Railways would be welcomed by the Sultan, 297

Raisuli, rebel leader in the disaffected north, 273-275

Rio Tinto copper-mines, 368

Ronda, corn-mills at, 369

Rosebery, Lord, on Morocco, 387

Rudolf II., 1604: his active policy respecting Moroccan affairs, 280 _note_

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Saragossa, the Aljaferia at, 378

School, Moorish, 97, 98

Seville, 337, 346-352, 367;
Giralda tower, 346-348;
palace, El Kasar, 349-351;
royal "improvers" of Moorish work, 350;
capital of Charles V., 352;
Moorish remains at, 367

Sherley, Sir Anthony, 1604, adventurer and diplomatist, 280 _note_

Shurfa Idreeseein dynasty founded by Mulai Idrees, 5

Sidi Mohammed, son of Mulai Abd Allah V., 11

Si Marzak and his fair Azizah, the loves of, 160-162

Slave-markets, Marrakesh and Fez, 179-181

Slavery in Morocco, 8, 17, _et passim_, 179-190;
sources of supply, 180;
girls for hareems, 181;
treatment fairly kind, 181, 182;
men have risen to high positions, 182;
use chiefly domestic, 183;
a slave-girl's cruel story, 185-190

Smeerah, quaint incident at, 198

Smin, use of, 112, 131

Smith, Sir Chas. Euan, 206

Snake-charming, 137, 151-158

Social life, Moorish, 82-87

Spain, Moorish empire in, founded by Berbers, 6, 54;
footprints of Moors in, 332-379;
place-names and words of Arabic origin, 333, 369;
physiognomy of the people, 335;
habits and customs, 335;
salutations, 336;
narrow streets, 336;
forts and mosques (churches), 337;
the mosque at Cordova (_q.v._);
Giralda and El Kasar at Seville (_q.v._);
the Alhambra at Granada (_q.v._);
other Moorish towns, villages, castles, and remains, 366-379;
women of, at the battle of Jaca, 378

Sports and pastimes, Moorish:
active, 96, 133-137;
passive, 138-150, 151-158, 159-165

Stamps and stamp-dealers, 287

Story-teller, the, 122, 137, 138-150;
Mulai Abd el Kader and the Monk of Monks, 141-148

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