The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-06-24

S""eS anu uouheyS are Drought W1thil
the enclosure.
In Morocco there are more sheer
, than people. Barbary flocks are no
driven, as in most parts of the world
but follow the shepherd, who calls t.
his sheep as he would call to little
children. Perched on rocks, with theil
hooks about them, the half-clad Berber
boys play the most mOurnful tunes
imaginable on their ancient pipes.
Is a. Well Watered Country.
The broad Muluya river is the first
striking geographic feature encountered
on the trip from Ujda to Fee. This
must be crossed by automobiles on
the railroad bridge. Morocco, usually
thought OF by outsiders as dry semi
desert region, is in reality we'll wa
tered over much Of its area. 1t is
drained in three directions. Rivers
whose headwaters In the Atlas are
within limited circle, flow to the At
lantic, the Mediterranean, and the Sa-
hara, the last-named streams being
lost in the thirsty sand. The Muluya
flows northeast from the Atlas TO the
Mediterranean.
This fact is worth emphasizing. ~ |
the mouth of the Muluya, French
Morocco has her corridor to the Medi-
terranean, fact often overlooked bv
tnose who examine small-scale mans.
Like the Sebu river, flowing from Fee
10 the Atlantic. the Muluya can be
canaiized over much of it's course, ac-
cording to French engineers. The
rench are negotiating with the Span-
sh IN regard to the building of a mort
near the Muluya's mouth.
Much of the line along the Uida- Fez
quite has been held by Senegalaso
roops OF all the soldiers of Frances
llghty colonial army-Frenchmen Ie-
lonnalres, Arabs, Berbers and black
len from many an equatorial cline
one are Drawer than these giant
ramed' eoony-skinned men of Senegal 8
'lthin the walled military enclosure
1erslr one sees the, dwellings of
iese warriors-circular adobe hufs
IN conical matched roofs, not unlike e
'e sort they have at home. q
The Touahar Pass. T.
rum Gersif the road climbs to the =
Traced hill town of Taxa, boldly c,n,-
anding the Touahar pass between tho
frontier province of India
u A1ghanistan. Like the Khvhar Sc
- pass mas known hard fighting Men p;
the stone age fought here, and mon st
the Bronze age Here marched tba of
man iegions. Here through I've con. &C
.ies nocked the Berber hordes, swav- M
east and west. or
ne oeauti1ul part Of the journey ia 10
IN Iaza on. The blue Riffian hills ~ pa
north are without snow but RI Tho tb,
tn the peaks of the Middle Atlos no. b,,
IF crystal-crowned heads to the %. us,
say In the emerald bottom lands al
>" the road sleek cattle Craze For 49,.
ao' on a distant hillside, in a smash d.
wnlte' the traveller gets his f,ret
lpse Of Fee. ' "fs' at
rom Fee the trail reaches Mak,ro.
"o hours by perfect motor hill
or oy broad-gauge railway VIII +
coaches than are in use in NO., per
$ OF Europe. Not far away amonn in
silent zerhoun hills are Tho r,,,ns wre
1oman Volnbilis. where French &
eoiogists are piecing together fraa trail
y OF stories in stone. While me, of t
Imposing as the Roman ru,ns y, ter
'rn Algeria or Tunisia. volub,,;s of I
other sites nearer the At,au., wos
OF those days when Maur,tan, f;o;.
more than name on the man :"
e end of the cros.sMoroccar tp,
aoat-Sale, twin cities. sanars Ian
e wide Blu Regreg river Tho CT
us great citadel mounted nron one' time
e cllff where the river meats o' .n (Chi
now merges into the prorress tne was
n capital. The other. quiet a ans who
as as a snowdrlft, beside the r anu nod
ray ocean, is little cbanaas s rest pea
t aave e days when # s harl coun'
the fierce Barbary pirates II mar, mar gro,
e ..Uns as. as the Sally Rovers.s wbn cuted
sn,,, tne coasts of southern r'' ryn, l
l ssl'ins as far north as the : R ra coat
over