Identifier: travelsinatlasso00thom (find matches)
Title: Travels in the Atlas and southern Morocco. A narrative of exploration
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Thomson, Joseph, 1858-1895
Subjects: Morocco -- Description and travel Atlas Mountains
Publisher: New York : Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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lingsat most. Mutton and beef, milk, eggs, fowls, withmelons, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, grapes,figs, &c., were supplied in abundance at ridiculousprices, as well as straw and barley for our animals.A dozen pounds of the most delicious large grapes,resembling our best hot-house grapes, could be ob-tained for less than a penny a pound. Towards mid-day, when the heat was approachingits worst, there was nothing for it but to retire to ourinner room, shut the door and lie quite still in semi-darkness, divested of every article of dress we couldspare. Of course there was absolutely not a breath ofair, our chief object being to prevent any circulationwhen the outer temjDerature was several degrees higherthan that of the room. Our experience of life inMorocco under these circumstances enabled us to seethe reason for the windowless rooms of the Moors.The arrangement prevailing in most Moorish houses iscalculated to keep the temperature lower during thedav and higher at nierht.
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OUU QUARTERS, MARAKSH. Page 373. LIFE IN MARAKSII. 373 It may not !)(• out of place to closcribo our quarters.They may bo accepted as typical of the houses of thewell-to-do townsmen. The entrance-door led into alont^ somewhat narrow passage, which ran right acrossthe side of the house to a small open court beyond,which could be used as a stable for umles and horses.Half way along the passage a door opened into anotheipassage running at right angles, and leading into ahandsome court, at least fifty feet square. One sideof this square was arched to form a verandah, whichshaded an inner room, undecorated, and without win-dows or other means of ventilation than the doorway. On the right side from the passage was a secondlarge windowless room, the door being simply shadedby projecting eaves. The side facing the lower veran-dah had also a room of similar dimensions and style,but better ornamented. All these rooms were longand narrow with high ceilings. At one corner of the court a steep,

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