[Footnote 42: It is well known that the vessels formerly fitted out by the town of Salée, for the purpose of capturing the defenceless merchant ships of Europe, were navigated by desperate banditti.] [Footnote 43: One of the entrances of the town.] [Footnote 44: The Count was nephew to the Duke de Crillon, and had been confined in France during the reign of Robespierre, but had effected his escape; the rigour of his confinement, however, brought on a disorder which carried him off.] [Footnote 45: Subterraneous vaults, or holes made in the form of a cone, where corn is deposited, and these being closed at the opening, it will keep thirty years or more.] [Footnote 46: Formerly called Anafa, probably from the quantity of anise-seed grown in the neighbourhood, _anafa_ being the Arabic word for anise-seed.] [Footnote 47: These mountains are said to abound in iron, as the name expresses; they are covered with bole armoniac or red bole.] [Footnote 48: Saweera being derived from Tasaweera, which, in the African Arabic, signifies a drawing or painting.] [Footnote 49: A cargo of corn free of duty, was given by the Emperor to the person who presented him with this gun.] [Footnote 50: When Commodore Crosby, in his Majesty’s ship Trusty, accompanied by three small frigates, came down to Mogodor, he anchored off the Long Battery, at about a mile and a half distant; at this time the town was so little prepared for defence, that the guns were not mounted, and when they began to do this, they were half an hour in mounting one! It was understood that the Commodore’s orders were indefinite; he was to act according to circumstances; but the Governor was apprised by the Emperor of the probability of a visit from the English, and had received orders at the same time to treat them in a friendly manner; cattle and other provisions were accordingly sent off to the ships, and all hostile operations were thus prevented; the Commodore departed on the third day after his arrival; and the two nations continued on friendly terms with each other.] [Footnote 51: In all Mohammedan countries in Africa, the gates of the town are shut on the Friday during prayers, on account of an ancient superstitious tradition among the people, that their country will be attacked by the Christians, and taken from them by surprise, at that time.] [Footnote 52: The Bashaw Billa.] [Footnote 53: I have seen the fishermen draw more fish at one haul of the net, than a boat could carry. After depositing the first boat-load, they have gone back to load the remainder left on the beach.] [Footnote 54: See the Map of West Barbary.] [Footnote 55: See Chapter XII.] [Footnote 56: It appears from the testimony of the Moors as well as the Berebbers, that Marocco is a more ancient town than Fas: we have not, however, any written account of it previous to the 424th year of the Hejira.]