This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...were witnessing a public festival; or, when they have been set free after mutilation, picking up with a careless air their ear, or their hand, and walking off with it at a composed and deliberate pace. It has been remarked, however, that it is the victims of political oppression, and not ordinary ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...were witnessing a public festival; or, when they have been set free after mutilation, picking up with a careless air their ear, or their hand, and walking off with it at a composed and deliberate pace. It has been remarked, however, that it is the victims of political oppression, and not ordinary criminals, who by their courage and firmness have shown their scorn and defiance of their tormentors. As the Sultan of Morocco is out of the way of any foreign aggression, up to the period of his war with France, he had no other use for his army than to maintain public peace and levy the taxes. The Moorish army is divided into the Emperor's troops, which are called Almagazen, and troops of the Pacha, whose service is irregular. The first are paid directly by the Emperor, the second by the towns and their districts, which usually bestow land upon them, as Sylla did on his veterans. The Almagazen, in 1789, amounted to thirty-two thousand, but at present they are not more than sixteen thousand--eight thousand infantry, and eight thousand cavalry. Every important town has, in addition to the soldiers of the Pacha, a sort of national guard, in which every one capable of bearing arms, except Jews and slaves, is enrolled. These guards are not obliged to do duty beyond the limits of their own district. The soldiers of the Almagazen receive every year two shirts, two turbans, two pairs of shoes, and a caftan of red cloth; and, besides being equipped and armed at the expense of the Sultan, they receive also pay of about a quarter of a dnro (one shilling) a clay. This is not all; for, as they form the chief strength of the Sultan, he enables them to make considerable profits by charging them to escort ambassadors, consuls, travellers, and rich merchants....
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