7. —  The yoyage to Morocco^

Only a few years back, a voyage to Morocco necessitated long preparation :
servants, guides, animals for riding, camping materials, much time, and there¬
fore great fatigue and lieaA'y expenses. Though the greatest care was taken,
comfort, while moving or at rest, was non-existent, and travellers were
sometimes exposed to very disagreeable adventures. Things have changed.
To-day, it is possible to visit not only the towns of the Atlantic or Mediter¬
ranean coast, but also to travel, with perfect security, very far into the vast
French zone.

It is even possible to cross the country Irom E. to W. and penetrate rather
far into the S , making use of modern means of transport: railways and motoi-
cars.

Morocco, by its characteristically African aspect, by the diversity of
its climate, is, from a simply touristic point of view, a source of novel
impressions quite different from those felt in other parts of Northeru x-Vfrica.
Native life i? quite special. The great nomadism of the South, less developed
N. of the Atlas, the sedentary life in the rural districts, and still more so in
the towns, the curious and very ancient customs of peoples living till the
pres(int time apart from European civilisation, are all fitting subjects for
observation. The field is therefore widely oj^en for those whom such qu(;s-
tions interest. Art itself is splendidly represented. Fewer vestiges of antique
activities are to be met with than in Algeria-Tunisia, but important relics
have already been brought to light On the other band, Moslem Art oe
every period has flourished in Morocco Its monuments belong to thf
famous Maghreb School, of which Spain still possesses many remains;
never having been spoiled by profane hands, they have retained all their
attractiveness. Arch apologists, architects, lovers of Art and Orientalism will
enter into the artistic feeling of the Moors, better than in Spain, Algeria or
Tunisia. Rural primitive Art, the most ancient by far, is also worthy of the
keenest attention. At present, a new administration, foreseeing and wise, is
consolidating the relics of the past and taking the inventory of everything
that deserves to be handed' dov/n to posterity.

Colonists, farmers, manufacturers, tradesmen are at last assured of finding
a promising opening in Morocco : undertakings of different kinds have already
obtained encouraging results and it appears likely that modern methods,
judiciously applied in this new country, are certain to be successful.

Choice of an Itinerary. — A voyage to Morocco may be included in the
Grand Circuit Nord-Africain, which allows th^ tourist to travel from E. to. W.,
01 inversely, through all the French possessions in Barbary. In this way may
be visited the large towns of Tunis, Constantine, Algiers, Oran, Fez, Rabat,
Casablanca, themselves centres of further excursions. Those wishing to avoid
the sea, and for whom expense is not a consideration, can reduce the crossing
to a minimum if they adopt the Italy-Sicily route, or cross by the Straits of
Gibraltar. This " grand circuit, " to be accomplished from end to end and
without excessive fatigue, requires  two   or  three months^ and can hardly