ent and
servants with him. We travelled three days through a fine country,
and reached the city of Marocco the fourth day, in the afternoon,
travelling eight hours each day, at the rate of four miles an hour.
On our approach to the city, we sent an express to the _talb
cadus_, who, by the imperial order, appropriated the emperor's
garden, _jinnen el afia_, for our reception, the pavilion in which
was appropriated to our service; we preferred, however, in this
delightful climate, sleeping in our tents, which we were permitted
to pitch in this beautiful garden. We dined in the _coba_, or
pavilion. The (_talb cadus_) minister paid us a visit, to say that
the emperor requested we would take the following day to rest from
our journey, and at eight o'clock on the following morning, he
would receive us; the present was accordingly prepared, which was
89 carried by four-and-twenty men; every article (the bulky ones
excepted) being enveloped in a Barcelona silk handkerchief. The
emperor was in the (_m'ushoir_) place of audience, on that side of
the city which faces the mountains of Atlas. At our presentation we
did not prostrate ourselves, but bowed, in the European manner; the
emperor said, bono el commercio, a Spanish phrase which he uses in
interviews with Europeans, and which is equivalent to his saying,
you are welcome, merchants. To this we replied, _Allah iberk amer
seedi_, God bless the life of my master. The emperor asked if we
were recovered from the fatigue of our journey, and was quite
affable; he then said, communicate with the effendi[107], and
whatever you want shall be granted to you; for I am disposed to
encourage and (_amel el k'here_) to do good to my merchants. The
master of the audience then came to us, and signified that we might
depart; we made our obeisance, and returned to our habitation. This
was the audience of introduction, which is always short; the second
audience is for business; and the third is the audience of
departure. We remained encamped in the imperial garden a fortnight
before we had another audience; in the mean time we amused
ourselves in riding about the country, and in visiting some of the
90 most respectable inhabitants, among whom was the _cadus_, who has a
noble mansion, replete with every convenience, and a garden in t