nknown country in so fine a
setting. Surely a simple tale of Sunset Land was never seen in such
splendid guise before, and will not be seen again until, with past
redeemed and forgotten, future assured, and civilisation modernised,
Morocco ceases to be what it is to-day.

S.L. BENSUSAN.

_July 1904._

Contents

CHAPTER I page
By Cape Spartel 3

CHAPTER II
From Tangier to Djedida 21

CHAPTER III
On the Moorish Road 41

CHAPTER IV
To the Gates of Marrakesh 57

CHAPTER V
In Red Marrakesh 77

CHAPTER VI
Round about Marrakesh 101

CHAPTER VII
The Slave Market at Marrakesh 121

CHAPTER VIII
Green Tea and Politics 139

CHAPTER IX
Through a Southern Province 159

CHAPTER X
"Sons of Lions" 179

CHAPTER XI
In the Argan Forest 199

CHAPTER XII
To the Gate of the Picture City 217

List of Illustrations

1. In Djedida _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
2. A Shepherd, Cape Spartel 2
3. The Courtyard of the Lighthouse, Cape Spartel 4
4. A Street, Tangier 6
5. In Tangier 8
6. A Street in Tangier 10
7. A Guide, Tangier 12
8. The Road to the Kasbah, Tangier 14
9. Head of a Boy from Mediunah 16
10. The Goatherd from Mediunah 18
11. Old Buildings, Tangier 20
12. Moorish House, Cape Spartel 22
13. A Patriarch 24
14. Pilgrims on a Steamer 26
15. The Hour of Sale 28
16. Evening, Magazan 30
17. Sunset off the Coast 32
18. A Veranda at Magazan 34
19. A Blacksmith's Shop 36
20. A Saint's Tomb 40
21. Near a Well in the Country 42
22. Near a Well in the Town 44
23. Moorish Woman and Child