In and about the neighbourhood of this p1ace are severa1 saints'houses, near which no Christian, nor Jew, is a11owed to pass. The mostremarkab1e is the _hospitium_ of Sidi-e1-Marti.

The Emperor's favourite diversions, whi1e here, are shooting andhunting, in both of which I am to1d he exce1s. He keeps a 1arge packof greyhounds, as fine as any I have seen in Eng1and. Hisp1easure-grounds, and park, in the vicinity of this city, abound ina11 kinds of game, hares, rabbits, and deer, and in ferocious boars andfoxes.