The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-04
Under the Walls Of Fee
By. PIERRE LOTT,
Member Of the French Academy

CAT time when the eyes Of the
M9rid are directed towards Morocco,
ms description of the besieged town
Of Fee Just written by NJ. Pierre Lou.
is very interesting
1t is ? o'clock In the afternoon. and
ne sun IS burning fiercely. AS / am
10 leave to-morrow. I am outdoors iii
sand things TO do to-day.
First. I mus, enter the walled-in
elty o! the Jews, where indescriba bly
nElT Old men keep in their dirty booths
49nS'ent levels. rare Weapons, wonder
ms oazaaTs, and which | want 10 huy.
II Is lar of. this city of the Jews
- ra eni., like narrow ribbon along
i iii oI i, IA Iidf o. new Fee. and am
accompanied hy a red guard. II -
~ Is O'Clock in the afternoon. and
81 o. .ne hottest days / have even
sh, ne 9ld walls seem to bake in
,,Heit crevices and seem 10 growlIarger
rem me heat The little narrow.
s..sets lie deserted between their two
s.a!s. enter burning painless
oeSfFt. "heTe not a single human main p
j. % ne seen o-day.. II was filled with
srF!.sd now o n OF Ihs m' 5na1g when
shrill. melancholy chirpinp ~ ~
shHopPers Everywhere the walls
~ - ZIP ana OF the palaces rise
fusion. with their fantasticaIjv n,,,
lined bat,lemen,S Besides ;baas Out
1919 Is nothing else. not q house. nor
bn, tFs 81. n2r human being. nothing
"ui me gigantic, threatening walls
In the sccond ring IT walls s,r.
rounding Inc whole city. no,~ ahsa
! t dlar worthifE5 as defenses. there arr
noors tHquisitti? SHAPED like all Ara
pan doors. surrounded by hna,,,if,,,
Mosaic work work. still! visible ihroueh
me layer Of lichens. These doors Ics 4
70 a mo OF melancholy padd ocks over
hoppers sreAS :
Horld have plenty OF time 10 pass
~. ~ ne Jewish quarter which
seized slit sudden desire 10 ,n III
. last EXCURSION into tha 1noi,nisirs
hst ,ui:r- apore Old Fez =
I'M, ~ nnTs" iecls It's way cautiously
es sDoi ~ reach the iop. whera :
! cHHltE brecze careiseG Inc carnci -
,o"srs u all colnrg. Trees are scat.
XII, nof1 ans there across The noun
| W., W.. aAd N some Of the little valleys
mere are groves Of olive treaa IN ,ba
CHIC q Whith blackarnocr herlsrne:
i iime nhaSio!al songs 10 their 9oatf in
E.etywb s ne ne mourrfnl silence.
me- are toinhs. some OF them ,,ar
o ,.' ~, hldqtn among the verdure. There
ruins n Wbnss o. m saints. venrrated
=
tnarG is ne historic kiosouf u b,,,,, he zen
sultan Of long ago 'l' N't' ~
l ia tieagIentninH from The luminous noun.
! me oid walls Of New Fee ,lnny ntr III !;
tlaiis which gradually heco,ne "a .,r1e ga
o,oinercd with popular and rnnih. ~. !,
iics., ahd which follow the coure. :,
iinpid brooks filled with iris ma = p . "
htui white lilies. = :" ana bchn-
me ne Jewish walls are as high ~ ~,
S,.aplan. ana like these, crownnd y,
t;S,, tienn le! they have the game he,,,,
,Iui osives and the same hcav. ga eau u
ron-nonnd doors. Thcsc do,,r "a zen sc.
polted and barred every evnnin,s ar
INC Jewish doorkccpcrs. n LIE; ant
naughty race, are verv "a ~, ~" ~. Il No
, guard. and lei no s,isnIcinys erer 81
RUSS , You feel The eternal hat al ~ ao ",
nistrust which cxists bcrwenn W an q IN
and arabs and Berbera. Two ~ Nv
men standing near the entrance n, ~
Iown see me arrive. and wonder ", ~,
an coming to these parts: they star,
al me with searching eyes, the a.
pieSsioh 81 which shows that they ar,
aiIehGy seeming business -
give up all thought OF old arm
ahn precious carpets. 7 feel that :"
doing business with thesc uri ,e'sS y',
lures. while the last RAYS NJ ibe ~,
ting sun are shining so bca,,iifTIi,
old walls. 10 sran'
turn my horse and ride away from
the Jewish gate towards Tho roisn
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