Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas by Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Ball

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Author

Ball, John, 1818-1889

Title

Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Macmillan and co., 1878.

Credits

Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library/Cornell University)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Atlas Mountains

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70700

Release Date

May 4, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN MAROCCO AND THE GREAT ATLAS
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.APPENDICES.
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I.
7. 7.CHAPTER II.
8. 8.CHAPTER III.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV.
10. 10.CHAPTER V.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — List of Plants growing wild in the Garden of Ben Dreis, in the City of Marocco. Those marked (*) are British species.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX.
15. 15.CHAPTER X.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV.
20. 20.APPENDIX A. — Table of Altitudes, deduced from Barometric Observations in Marocco .
21. 21.APPENDIX B. — ROUTE 1. Marocco to Demenet, and Excursion from Demenet to places in the neighbourhood. — ROUTE 2. Demenet to the Sources of the Oued Tessout. — ROUTE 3. Marocco to N’tifa. — ROUTE 4. Demenet to N’tifa. — ROUTE 5. Tour in the Mountains East and South-east of Marocco. — ROUTE 6. Tour in the Mountains South of Marocco. — ROUTE 7. Description of the Roads of Ghighaya. — ROUTE 8. Description of the Road between Ghighaya and Ourika.
22. 22.APPENDIX C.
23. 23.APPENDIX D. — Gum Ammoniacum. — Euphorbium, Furbiune or Dergmuse. — The Arar, Thuja or Gum Sandrac Tree. — Gum Arabic. — The Argan Tree.
24. 24.APPENDIX E.
25. 25.APPENDIX F.
26. 26.APPENDIX G — Tabular View of the Mountain Flora of the Great Atlas, showing the distribution of the Species found in the Valleys of Aït Mesan and Amsmiz. S indicates the superior zone from 2,000 m. to 3,500 m. above the sea; M the middle (or mountain) zone, from 1,200 m. to 2,000 m. — Table. I — Showing the number of species of each of the principal groups and natural orders of plants in two valleys of the Great Atlas compared with other mountain districts in the Mediterranean region. — Table II .— Showing the distribution of the species of flowering plants included in the Flora of the Great Atlas, and of the Sierra Nevada of Granada, [2] and the Bulgardagh in Cilicia. [3] — Table III .
27. 27.APPENDIX H.
28. 28.APPENDIX I. — Abd el Saddock, Kaïd of Mogador, Duquallah, Abda, and Sous. [1] — Kaïd Boh Djemma. — What the Sultan means when he bestows a Wife. — Abd el Saddock, Kaïd of Mogador, Duquallah, Abda, and Sous, and his False Friend. — SIX MOORISH FABLES. — 1. Fable of a Hedgehog and a Fox. — 2. The Camel, the Hedgehog, and the Lion. — 3. The Snake, the Hedgehog, the Man, and the Hunters. — 4. The Sheep, the Fox, the Lion, and the Shepherd. — 5. The Pigeon and the Monkey. — 6. The Hyena and the Hedgehog.
29. 29.APPENDIX K.
30. 30.APPENDIX L.
31. 31.INDEX.
32. 32.Transcriber's note:

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