Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-27
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hoatmen. with strong arms and legs, SO
that they may be safely trusted.
New perplexities arise when the shores
orc reached. In all Tangiers do not
,h;,k there Is a wheeled vehicle-not
cvig n draw or even a wheelbarrow. %
Gang of porters seizes travellers
trunks, handbags, shawl straps ana UNI
brellas, and transports them up the mar
row and sinuous lanes which lead 10 the
hotel ua
Ash looked from the rowbcst TO the
ton If the landing stairs / noticed IN the
crowd. which was dressed in all the col
ors of the rainbow and in all the varie-
t;os Of eastern fabrics, tall, dark FACED
Moor. with a capacious turban, a broad
blue flowing robe and a stout stan, emu
inc In a pastoral crook. 81 am Mohain-
med" he called out, pointing to his heart
either TO confirm his identity or his We
racity, cannot say which. Inc man
am looking for" was my answer, FROM
that hour until our departure Mohaih-
med took charge of us. We ana noe en-,
cage him, but he engaged us. His tread
was as digniiied and steady as that Oh
Salvini when he personates Othello. Ills
shoulders were broad enough for Salu-
: son. His voice was deep, rich and mu-
steal. like that of Carl Formes. When
$ ne was mounted on his favorite mule
leading our cavalcade through tine mar
I ket place, or halting before the snake
b cbarmer. or climbing "the mountain
where foreigners have their houses he
! was quite magnificent.
y SIGHTS IN THE CITY.
d The architecture Of Tangier IS muci
= more impressive when seen in mass thar
s. when seen in detail. Looking toward TIN
$. citv from the steamer in the early dawi
i'd no vieyv was beautiful Terrace abov
80 terrace rise white, fiat rooted houses
ne over which tower the minarets OF two o
~ three mosques. The city is divided iit
two parts. through which runs the prlr
cipal street, leading from the "wale
lr oater TO the "market gate" Upon VI
Id western or highest ACTIVITY is the karbi
og or CITADEL combination oil resiuehc
N fortress, court of justice and prison. r.,
'rs forlorn and unattractive Alhambra IL
eu shops. the bazars, the dwelling nous
II are interesting because so compete
be- J;eerent from those to which Europea
Ihe ere wonted SO is the boys school IN
IN was kept" just opposite the door OF
the uo,al Continental. Twenty bright ey
or little fellows, seated on the ground We
ing Taught by an old man in turbah
zee snectacles to repeat over and over aga
tine vc,ses from the Koran in slng-so
.ish tone. while cards with the words III a
NO bic were held in their hands.
'n'e Solomon's precepts respecting inc u
} he ,tv OF the rod we're not forgotten uy
;. turbaned pedagogue. He Piled the 81
Iade gently but firmly on the backs oil the
ours attentive scholars, precisely as IN sou
rom e,-n Spain the sellers OF Christmas
his KEYS drive their bipeds from door 10 u
ners i'm search of purchaser
van II the buildings of Tangier are
pleasing. the landscape is most rev"
{ be - Tho beautiful curve of the bay,
ally IL ,,iayv Of the ocean, the near NUS
the a'',Ia accIivitv intersected by pleas
and Sallevs. the foliage green in winter
tiers ;ncIudino such sub-tropical plants
md Mains. cactus, aloes, eucalyptus, pep
me trees. oranges and lemons-ali this
lie to charming. In the distance on tho ~
~ OF moan coast we could see Trafalgar WI
pain Nelson fought and died; Tariia' hs
re OF associated with most unpleasant
ties " and Gibraltar, with its comma
ugh ing fortress. Here run the s'rai,s w
'rms unite the sea to the ocean, anu "e,o
e pa the pillars Of Hercules, when a."
de have been and always will be ianoi1,
o in 70 the traveller and the merchant
wtal Gilman in Baltimore Sun.