The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-22

Der carrying sand III baskets. bringing
in charcoal and wool and even loaded
with stones and bricks for building
material. There IS a new business
block going up now not far from the
American legation. al the bricks and
sand for which is carried upon dou-
Keys.
Mules and Horses.
Some ~frcighting is done by mules. /
saw two going along the street tolay
with the iron Orders for 4 building
strapped To their backs. The mules
also serve as riding animals. and |
nave ridden for miles upon them
through the country about. The sad
dies are great red cushions a foot
thick, ana The stirrnps 50 Dig thar
they rest the whole foot from the
heel To the toe. The natives ide their
dOnkeyS OF mules sitting far back.
with their long legs hanging down.
The native women ride astride. They
look like rag bags tied 10 the sad
dies, ana their covered heads bob W
and down as the beasts jog along.
Morocco has many fine horses Of
Arabian blood. some of those mere
are ridden by Noors clad in long white
gowns. with high pointed hoods which
hang loose about their fierce bearded
faces. Some such belong to the Moor
ish cavalry. as may he seen by he
rifles they carry. They use short
stirrups. and their knees are high
upon the saddle.
Moorish street scenes.
But turn now and Tool at the peo-
pie as they pass by. Notice these So
per faced MohamInedans dressed all
in white, their faces of all C~ompleXions
shining out Of their hoods. 1ney are
all bearded. ana the elder ones have
long gray Whiskers which hang down
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and the bare feet OF ali are CLAD IN
bright yellow slippers. Observe how
friendly they are with each other.
Those two old men on The orner
have been gossiping for more than an
hour. \ litCle later these streets viii
BE bordered with groups Oi men sit
tlo on tue ground or upon low tools
leaning pack against the walls as they
s..-t .,2cthC.. They spend q great
deai OF ul4e III tae Icd houses and are
fond of entertaining each other. This
is Il Mohanmedan land, ana no one
eve introduces his wife or daughter
10 his friend. The two sexes are Kept
wide apart, ana this throws the men
more together and makes friendship
anon them a more common feature
4 in our part Of the world.
Negroes, Jews and Others.
In addition to the Moors dressed
IA white there are other odd charac-
lers which we meet at every step.
there are rough fellows in gowns and
hoods of dark gray or brown, fierce
cooking mOuntaineers with brown
faces and negro slaves as black as a
toVe. There are many mulattoes.
there are men from the desert and
1eyond, travellers from Fee and other
Moroccan towns and laborers, some of
whom are almost in rags.
one queer genius IS a beggar who
tIaimS to have been in America He
makes a weird music with cymbals,
dancing and singing and numbering
1T the mouth as he does SO. When |
saw him today he said: Master, you
American. l been in America. | been
in ~ShecdagO, Buffo, Cleveland, st.
Louis, Umha, Philadelpheeya, Wasin-
tone. | Soudan man with Barnum cir
Gus. | ravel all over. You American,
suppose you give monE." The word
Wasintone caught me and | handed
him q few cOpperS He then danced
away blubbering and jingling his Gym
balls.
The Women of The Moors.
Among the ~strangest sights here are
the women. one does not see much
of them, except an eye or 50, but they
look out nevertheless. If one of you
American girls Will take q WeIl-Worn
blanket of thin White flannel and
drape it about your body, yer your
clotheS, SO that it hides the whole of
your person, wrapping q fold or 50
about the head and leaving only a
crack for one eye, or perhaps both,
YOU will have Il fair representation of
the common Moorish girl as she goes
along the streets. The only bare skin
one can see is the little section about
the eyes; at least, not until the lady
gets by. She shows more at the rear
than the front. and often more leg
than the American girl SHOWS when
clad in her stockings. The bare heels
of these maidens can always be seen,
rising and falling, in their red slippers
as, bent half double. they hasten along.
The women here do not loiter ana
chat on the streets, and though they
often visit their friends they spend
but little time at the doors while
greeting each other, and there are no
front gates for them to hang over
while they discuss the servant question
or retail the last scandal
Some of the lower class females go
about with bare faces, and an old Wo-
man may. now and then. drop the
covering which hides her features. The
young and the pretty are always kept
hidden, and | notice that many have
Il cotton or some other cloth wrapped
tightly about the lower part of the
face. in addition to the outside cover
ing, which they hold tight as they go.
They Like food Clothes.
l am lOlu lldI the NOOGISn girls
are fond of fine clothes. and that these
ghostly wrappings often hide costly
garments. They wear Il kaft9n, a sort
of waist and skirt which cache to
the feet and over this a carmen of
fine goods, through which the bright
kafta shows. They have belts of
leather or sasheS Of gold thread. They
sometimes have handkerchiefS about
their heads. held up by cardboard.
They are fond of jewelry and load
themselves down With earrings, brace-
lets and anklets. They paint the eye
brows. lips and cheeks, but do not
tattoo.
Slavery Still Common.
AS far as l can learn the Moorish
ladies have an easy time. They nearly
all have slaves, and this is especially
so of those outside Tangier. There are
also slaves here. but the chief markets
for them are n the cities OF the
south. this place being too near Eu-
rope to permit their being publicly
exposed and sold. Most of the slaves
come from the Soudan, and the great
err part are females. Coal black ne
crosses are in great demand, and they
will bring from $40 to $1,000. accord
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