Letter XVI
Diary of a Journey from Tangier to Mogodor, showing the Distances from Town to Town, along the Coast of the Atlantic Ocean; useful to Persons travelling in that Country.
TO THE SAME.
Mogodor, 1801.
If you should ever come to this country, and have occasion to travel through it, the following journal of a journey from Tangier to Mogodor may be of service to you, in ascertaining the distances from one port to another, &c.
Departed from Tangier for Mogodor,
July 15, 1801, at 9 o’clock, A.M. Hours.
Arrived at Arzilla, at 7, P.M.
Mounted at 7, A.M.; arrived at L’Araich,
at 2, P.M. 7
Started at 5, A.M.; arrived at Ras Doura,
at 3, P.M.
Mounted at 6, A.M.; travelled three hours;
came to a plain, level country, and arrived
at Sallée, at 10 o’clock, P.M. 16
Crossed the river in the ferry, and remained at the French Consul’s Hotel, at Rabat, three days. Mounted at 9; arrived at El Mensoria, at 9, P.M. 12 Mounted at 6, A.M.; arrived at Dar El Beida, at half-past 2, P.M. 8-1/2
Proceeded without halting, and arrived at
the Douar of Woled Jeraar, at 9, P.M.
and pitched our tents 7
Mounted at 5, A.M.; arrived at Azamore,
at 7, P.M. 14
Mounted at 7, A.M.; travelled southward,
leaving Mazagan to the right, and arrived
at the Douar of Woled Aisah, at
1 o’clock, P.M. and pitched our tents 6
Departed at 7, A.M.; arrived at El Woladia,
at 6, P.M. 11
Mounted at 8; arrived at Saffy, at 5 9
Started at 1, P.M.; rode six hours to the
river Tansift; slept at the Sanctuary
near the river 6
Rose at midnight, struck the tents, and
mounted at 1 o’clock, A.M. arrived at
the Sanctuary of Seedi Buzurukton, at
11 10
Dined, slept, and started again at 4 o’clock, P.M. and entered Mogodor at half-past 7 o’clock 3-1/2
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130
Average rate of travelling, (including
stoppages,) three miles per hour, 390
miles in 130 hours.