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Show feCEXES IN' T.VStilEK. x res ric-rvRK ok as intsst-i.s. intsst-i.s. cm. Xatlves In many varieties of ooe-lurueswere ooe-lurueswere wad.ug baokward and forward between tlie sltore and baa!n tliat haul brought the cargo from the tcmcK carrying bales and boxes cither iW on their backs or poised on their heads, to tbe Custom .uoufte. Some wore loose cotton shirts and widu trouiers reaching only to the knee, with white turbans or the Turkhh fez ou their heoJs. Qlhers weru wrapped in "jellaulya," (the native JloorWi cloak), with its long-looked long-looked hood either drawn careleiolr up or hanging down their back, and all were barelegged. Tlie wild, est confusion appeartd to prevail from a distant point of view every one teemed struggling to pp-M himself of what auoUicr liad got hold of, and how any rrgularity could have eiwitd as to paynuuts it was Irujlblu to imiiue; yel porterage on the sltoto Is a lucrative Uulutas, the men sometimes earning earn-ing Ts. or 5s. a day. When I could summon resolution to leave tlie window I rang for early breakuut, after which wc sallied forth to in spect the town. The ky was cloudlet, but the wind was bllltrly cold, and when ue turned Into the streets which were in shade W could have believed be-lieved ourselves to bu in England on a November morning. Winter clothing would have been thoroughly thorough-ly acceptable, and wo thought w ltli regret of tlie thi-:k coats and cloaks we had lift behind unJer themis-taUen themis-taUen Impression that Tangier was all warmth and glow. Picking our way through the steep, narrow strvtl, however, left us but little leisure to reflect evm on the col J. To keep one's feet and ot tlie tame time to steer clear of. the mixed muU titutle of men and animals that thronged tbo way, hustling aud jostling each othcrtnil coming with an inadvertent bump now and then against one's self, occupied one's whole attention. Wretched looking mules and donkeys, overladen wltlt wood stones, charcoal, grain, fruib-, vegetables, and every sort of marketable mar-ketable produce, mil and passed oco continual. .while the constant cries of 'Jlahla!" -Take care!" from both behind and la front wcro pcr-plezlng. pcr-plezlng. All up the main street, on either side the way, handome Moor.", many of them perfect OtlieI1o,cIther already at work or exhibiting Uaif wares, sat croas-Ugged in their little box-like shops, wnose snug pent, roofs ebelUml them from the out-tide out-tide glare; the mnn colored fabrics that were exposed for sale either piled Inbeaia right and left or hanging hang-ing in tho doorway. .Leather ork of all kinds abounded; abound-ed; shoemakers were busy with brilliantly died skins, making gorgeous gor-geous slippers, bright yellow, arsenic arsen-ic green and oprason leing tbe favorite cotorx, and leather cu.nions, too, of all bum. were being elaborately elabor-ately embroidered wltli bright silks and gold and silver thread. In other shops Jewish tailors were braiding robes of cloth and velvet, and through the doors and windows of various bazaars the met casual glances reycsled Alcuilih ornament j in quaint and curious design. In thutnlibtof nil thesa Kaitern sur-roandlugs sur-roandlugs one suddenly experienced the pleasurable sensation of fone step nearer home" by coming unexpectedly unex-pectedly upon the English postofflre, and a few doors more brought u to a chemkt, whose well-stocked t on rerfjurcs one as to timely aid Inc. ia of need. Provision thora and genual ' stores, presided over by 3lKrs I nd j Jews, were interspersed among -he i native haberdashers, and at tlie urV therendof the street, near a, but old Moorish gateway, were numbers of little rickoty tables, to frail looking look-ing tnat it was a marvel they wero . not continually overturned, on which all manner of awful looking sweetmeats tbat none surely but a "heathen" could appreciate, Werr spread out for sale. |