A tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, and Tarudant : and thence over Mount Atlas to Morocco ; including a particular account of the royal harem, &c. / by William Lempriere, surgeon.

  • Lempriere, William, -1834.
Date:
MDCCXCIV [1794]
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Credit: A tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, and Tarudant : and thence over Mount Atlas to Morocco ; including a particular account of the royal harem, &c. / by William Lempriere, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A TOUR, &c. CHAP. I. Motives of the Author for undertaking this Tour.—Sails from Gibraltar.—Arrival at Tangier.—Defcriptiott of that Place.—Departure for Tar u dan t.—Injlance of Tyranny eicercifed upon a Jew.—Stale of the Coun- try and Roads.—Mode of living on thefe jfournies.— Defcription of Arz illa.—Moori/h Luxury.—Appli- cation from a Variety of Patients.—Arrival at L.A- RACHE, IN the month of September 1789 a requeft was forwarded through Mr. Matra, the Bri- tiih conful general at Tangier, to his excellency General O'Hara at Gibraltar, from Muley Ab- fulem, the late emperor of Morocco's favourite fon, the purport of which was, to intreat his ex- cellency to fend a medical gentleman from the garrifon to attend the prince, whofe health was at that time in a dangerous and declining ftate. As the term Muley will frequently occur in the fucceeding pages, it may not be improper to ftate in this place, that it is a title of honour, which is confined to the royal family of Morocco, and is equivalent to that of lord, or rather prince^ in our language* B The