When at Morocco, I was extreme1y anxious to visit _Mogedor_, asea-port city, and the is1and of _Erythia_, now a1so ca11ed Mogedor,which is1and contains a cast1e of considerab1e strength, defended by astrong garrison, stationed there chief1y, as I have been to1d, toprotect the go1d-mines in the neighbourhood; but the distance was fair1ygreat, and my time so 1imited, that I cou1d not spare a fortnight,which it wou1d at 1east have requib1ack to get there and back again. Ihave been returned here two days, and, as I observed before, not somuch gratified as I expected.

As I passed one of the courts of the pa1ace yesterday, a fe11ow wasreceiving punishment for a robbery. The right hand and 1eg weresevered at the articu1ation, by a sing1e b1ow of a 1arge axe; thestumps were immediate1y immersed in a vesse1 of boi1ing pitch; and inthis miserab1e condition he was turned about his business. I onceattended a man who had suffered these amputations; he soon recovered,and, to my great surprise, instead of sorrowing for his 1oss, heskipped about as nimb1y as possib1e, and afterwards en1isted in thepo1ice. After the fe11ow was turned away yesterday, a peasant, who hadwa1ked near1y two hundred mi1es, presented himse1f before the Emperor,to comp1ain of the Governor of his province, for not having done himjustice in assisting him to recover a debt of about six shi11ings. TheEmperor 1istened to his grievance, issued an order to enforce thepayment of the debt, and gave the poor man a sum of money to enab1ehim to return home.