A Saharan market-place 240 The glory that was Rome 245 The city of the precipices 252 “Ul-l-l-l-l All-ah!” 273 Algiers, the capital of the Corsairs 280 Veiled women slip like sheeted ghosts 288 The resting-place of Cleopatra’s daughter 304 No, it is not always hot in Africa 321 The Moroccan is not afraid of mephitic maladies 328 The Riff 357 The price of empire 364 From out of the unknown 369 Strange folk from the far places 372 The panorama of the East 381 Forbidden to all save the faithful 384 In the city which gave the fez its name 389 Moroccan vaudeville 392 The Great Prayer outside of Fez 396 The harkas come down from the hills 401 A place of walled delight 408 The peace of Allah 416 The shadow of God on earth 421 A refuge of the rovers 424 The red city 428 The minarets of Marrákesh 433 The Aguenaou Gate of Marrákesh 437 The puppet and the man who pulled the strings 440 The empire-builder 440 Overlords of the southland 444 Most people think of Morocco as a semi-arid country 448 The stronghold of the Caïd Goundafi, overlord of the Forbidden Sus 452 A seat of feudal power 456 MAPS Outline map showing the French possessions in Africa 8 Map showing the countries of Barbary 24 IN BARBARY CHAPTER I I NEVER SEE A MAP BUT I’M AWAY Beyond the East, the sunrise. Beyond the West, the sea. And East and West, the wander-thirst that will not let me be.