TAFILET [Illustration: BERBER VILLAGE IN THE VALLEY OF THE GHADAT.] TAFILET THE NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION IN THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS AND THE OASES OF THE NORTH-WEST SAHARA BY WALTER B. HARRIS, F.R.G.S. AUTHOR OF ‘A JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEMEN,’ ‘THE LAND OF AN AFRICAN SULTAN TRAVELS IN MOROCCO,’ ‘DANOVITCH, AND OTHER STORIES,’ ETC., ETC. _ILLUSTRATED BY MAURICE ROMBERG_ _FROM SKETCHES AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR_ WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXCV _All Rights reserved_ TO CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, Esq., C.B., F.R.S., F.S.A., PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, This Book IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. * * * * * Very few words of preface are necessary for this book. To three friends I owe hearty thanks for assistance toward the successful accomplishment of my journey—namely, to Alexander Peckover, Esq., D.C.L., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., &c.; James Mason, Esq.; and R. G. Haliburton, Esq. To the Proprietors of the ‘Illustrated London News’ I am gratefully indebted for the use of the drawings made from my original sketches and photographs, which have been most generously placed at the disposal of my publishers and myself. WALTER B. HARRIS. _November_ 1895. CONTENTS. * * * * * CHAP. PAGE I. PREPARATIONS AND START 1 II. MARAKESH 27 III. THE ASCENT OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS 50 IV. THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS AND THE BERBERS 83 V. THE DESCENT FROM THE ATLAS 105 VI. GHRESAT TO DADS 129 VII. DADS 153 VIII. DADS TO UL TURUG 179 IX. OUR ARRIVAL AT TAFILET 213 X. WITH THE SULTAN AT TAFILET 231 XI. TAFILET OR TAFILELT 260 XII. THE RETURN JOURNEY 307 XIII. THE ACCESSION OF THE NEW SULTAN OF MOROCCO 330 INDEX 381 ILLUSTRATIONS * * * * * FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.