FEZ.
 

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From the N.-W. corner, extensive view over the Dar El Maghzen,
Fez Jedid and Dar Debibagh. We then cross the site of the Suk
El Khemis cattle market (on Thurs.), N. of which are some old
quarries.

'A road, available for motor traffic, branching  off to the 1., through tho
vineyards and olive groves^ leads to (SOO m.) the Fort Bourdonneau, on a
 

Photo 6'''« Martel.
 

Bab Segma.
 

mound from which a very extensive view is obtained over the Sals P' ...i.
(p. 188), the New Town and Dar Debibagh (p. 216), Dar Mahrez (p. 216),
Fez Jedid and the higher part of Fez El Bali,

The road leads on to the E., past the Bordj Nord (r.), built by
Christian slaves, ca 1588, on a thoroughly European plan, by order
of the Saadian Sultan Ahmed El Mansur El Dehbi, and appa¬
rently intended rather to keep the inhabitants of the city in respect
than'^ to protect them.

We proceed along the top of precipitous cliffs, past a number