MOGADOR
 

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Mogador : The Porte  de la Marine.
 

Photo Fouyssat.
 

Timetable, — 1 h, 1/2 or 2 h, are enough to view the town. The excur¬
sion to Diabat takes 2 h. there and back; if it be desired to see the argan-
tree forest as well, it will only entail an extra 10 k, in the direction of Mar¬
rakesh.

MOGADOR (in Arabic : SHira, "thelittle enclosure "), sl port
on the Atlantic, open to trade, and the principal town of the
" Cercle " of the Haha-Shiadma, has a population of 20,300 inhab.
(470 French, 95 Spaniards, 93 Enghsh, 50 other Europeans,
10,080 Moslems and 8,000 Jews). With Debdu it is one of the
Moroccan cities with the highest proportion of Jews.

The town is built on a sandy, low and narrow peninsula,
nearly cut off from the mainland during the winter spring tides.
Its streets are rectihneal, the houses close together and tall. The
town is fortified on the Vauban principle, and is divided by walls
into several quarters, chief of which are two Kasbas, the Medina
and the Mehah. It boasts a complete drain system and derives its
drinking water from the Oued Ksob, by means of 4 k. of pipes.

There are gardens immediately E. of the town and others
inisde. N. and S. there are fine sands, but the neighbourhood is
treeless. A long strip of sandhills interposes between Mogador
and the fertile areas. In order to establish communication with
the interior, a 6 k, road had to be made, at great expense, across
the sands and over the Oued Ksob, 6 k. distant. — Ik. from the