LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | ||
| Portrait of Sir John HayDrummond Hay (From a photograph by Barraud.) | [Frontispiece] | |
| Senya elHashti | [229] | |
| Reception by Sultan SidMohammed | To face page | [238] |
| Ravensrock | [353] | |
| Portrait of Sir John HayDrummond Hay on horseback | To face page | [368] |
NOTE
The system of orthography used in this book for native names and places is that adopted by the Council of the Royal Geographical Society, the true sounds of words as locally pronounced being taken as the basis of spelling, except in the case of old-recognised names such as Tangier (more properly Tanja). According to this system, vowels are pronounced as in Italian; consonants as in English; kh and gh as the Oriental gutturals.
Morocco, the name of the region of Western Mauritania of Roman geography, has undoubtedly been corrupted from the native name ‘Moghreb’ (setting sun). Maroc, Marocco, Marruecos, Marok, &c., written by different peoples of Europe, are curious corruptions, some even further off from Moghreb than the English corruption of the native name, and no nearer to the old classic corruption Mauritania than in beginning with Ma instead of Mo.
The name of the ancient city which we British call Marocco, or yet more absurdly Morocco, is in the mouth of the natives ‘Marákesh.’