and gum arabic, per quintal 5 —­ 15
Indigo, per ditto 1 —­ 10
Goat skins, per quintal 4 —­ 8
Beef ditto, per ditto 3 —­ 6
Lion and tiger ditto, each 4 —­ 12
Common tanned leather,per quintal 1 —­ 5
Morocco ditto free —­ 5
Wool and hemp, per quintal 3 —­ 6
All shoes and slippers,per hundred pair 4 —­ 10
Moorish caps, per ditto 4 —­ 10
Mats, each 1 —­ 5
Mules, ditto 10 —­ 50
Asses, ditto 5 —­ 10
Silk alhaiks, ditto 2 —­ 5
Haiks of other kinds, ditto 1 —­ 3

This is a correct translation of the agreement, and tariff, settled eleven years ago, between the present Emperor Muley Solyman, and the late Consul-general Mr. Matra.  Having laid this before His Excellency, I was so fortunate as to prevail on him to request the Emperor to renew it, and to grant an increase of fresh provisions, during the war, to the fleet off Cadiz, and to the garrison of Gibraltar.

It is impossible to doubt for a moment, at at whose instigation it was that Ash-Ash behaved in this infamous manner.  It is certainly the interest of the French nation to prevent, if possible, our receiving supplies from Barbary; consequently we cannot wonder that every means should be employed to accomplish this end, and Ash-Ash is certainly the fittest instrument, from his hatred to the English:  fortunately, however, he is not a free agent.  My friend, and the friend of the English, the good Governor of this place, referred the whole to the Emperor, who has very satisfactorily adjusted every thing to our advantage, and the mortification of the French Consul, and his tool.

At the same time that His Excellency received the answer from the Emperor to the above-mentioned application, a letter arrived, requiring his immediate attendance at Fez; from which place you shall again hear from me.

LETTER X.

Depart from Larache with a little Army—­Moorish military Salute—­Numerous Villages—­Customary Procession of the Inhabitants—­Judicial Arrangements—­River Beth resembles the Po—­Herds of Camels—­Arrive at Mequinez—­French Falsehood again put down—­Excellent Road from Mequinez—­Fertility and Luxuriance of the adjacent Country—­Procession to the Sanctuary of Sidy Edris—­Multiplicity of Saints—­Ceremony demonstrative of the Emperor’s Favour—­Take possession of my new Residence.

Fez, ——­ 1806.

In consequence of the dispatches received from the Emperor, we left Larache the same day.  The Governor commands a territory of two hundred English miles.  He put himself at the head of his troops, which amounted to six thousand cavalry, divided into squadrons, distinguished by their respective standards.  There were in his train, besides, a prodigious number of mules, some carrying field equipage and provisions, others the treasures, consisting of the collected taxes, and presents for the Emperor.