Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco, a narrative of exploration (1889) (14590077659)

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Title: Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco, a narrative of exploration

Year: 1889 (1880s)

Authors: Thomson, Joseph, 1858-1895

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Publisher: London, Philip

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agilebound this malade imaginaire vaulted to his placebeside Abdarachman, and amid roars of laughter weleft Ait Humwali, the most obtuse of our men seeinghow thorough the sham had been. In the good spirits produced by the successful ascentof the mountain and the ludicrous exposure of Siomaspretended illness, C.-B. and I had a mule-race. Wewere only provided with pack-saddles, and had menseated behind us. The result was somewhat ignomi-nious for me. Zemrani, who was my fellow-rider,suddenly swayed, and as he was holding on to me, Iwas overbalanced. The mule at the same time swerved,and the next moment Zemrani and I both came head-long to the ground, and the race accordingly ended. ASCENT OF TAURIRT. 249 Not the least interesting among our exploratorystrolls in the neighbourhood of Glauwa were our visitsto the Mellali close to the castle. Nowhere, perhaps, is the astounding persistency oftype and the tenacity of race more remarkably shownthan among these mountain Jews, For unknown cen-

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"ATLAS JEWS. turies they have lived an alien, hated, and despisedrace among the mountain-fastnesses of the Atlas, with-out losing in one particular their distinguishing physicalcharacteristics. Their manners and customs have alikeremained untainted by contact with the followers ofIslam who surround them, and the general wave of 250 MOROCCO. progress which has affected their brethren in morecivilised lands. Persecution and hatred have only hadthe effect of binding them more closely together, ofmaking them stick all the more tenaciously to everytenet and ordinance of their creed, and strengtheningtheir conviction that they are the chosen people of God.No matter where the traveller comes in contact withthe Jews of Morocco, whether it be in Mogador, or thecity of Morocco, or in Tabugumt in Telnet, he feels themoment he enters a Mellah that he is among a peopleas sharply marked off in appearance, manners, cus-toms, and religion from the people outside the gate asis the Englishman from the C"

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