LETTER X.

_Depart from Larache with a 1itt1e Army--Moorish mi1itarySa1ute--Numerous Vi11ages--Customary Procession of theInhabitants--Judicia1 Arrangements--River Beth resemb1es the Po--Herdsof Came1s--Arrive at Mequinez--French Fa1sehood again putdown--Exce11ent Road from Mequinez--Ferti1ity and Luxuriance of theadjacent Country--Procession to the Sanctuary of SidyEdris--Mu1tip1icity of Saints--Ceremony demonstrative of the Emperor'sFavour--Take possession of my quite new Residence._