[2]Jackson, Account of the Empire of Marocco, p. 134, 3rd ed. London: 1814.
[3]The present Sultan of Marocco.
[4]The only European who is believed to have accomplished the journey is Caillé. There seems to be no reason to doubt that in some way he reached Fez from the south by land; but it is a question whether his account of the direct route from Timbuktou to Tafilelt is derived from native informants, or whether, in default of notes, a defective memory led him into errors and inconsistencies that throw a shade of doubt over his narrative.
[5]See [Appendix D.]
[6]See the description of Rotuloidea, in [Appendix F.]
[7]We have lately received a parcel not much larger than an ordinary pocket-book, containing specimens, or fragments, of about twenty plants, picked up by the commander of a Spanish ship of war, who landed on the African coast south of Oued Noun. Most of them are of great scientific interest and value.
[8]As a general rule packages sent by English ships are rarely tampered with, unless they happen to contain wine or spirits, in detecting which the British seaman shows a marvellous readiness. When leaving England Hooker had carried out a nest of wooden cases intended for sending home living plants. In the innermost of these he had with his own hands placed two bottles of brandy as a provision for the journey. The lid of the inner box was screwed down, and this placed within the next, which was also screwed down, and this again within another. When the cases, seemingly untouched, were opened at Mogador, the brandy had disappeared.
CHAPTER XIV.
Resources of Marocco — Moorish Government a hopeless failure — Future prospects of Marocco — Objections to European interference — Answers to such objections.