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Isabel Savory. In the Tail of the Peacock
In the Tail of the Peacock
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
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Isabel Savory
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Farther on stands the forge of the fortress: "for the slippers for the horses," Hadj Riffi explained. The blacksmith wore an apron of a whole goat-skin; he pared down the hoof with an instrument like a shovel, helped by the horse's owner or any chance onlooker, for Moors "hunt in packs," and only a mere Christian does anything by himself. The shoe is a complete circle of iron, has three nails on each side, and in some places a bar across the centre.
At last we reached the prison, the principal feature of the Kasbah. Much has been written about Moorish prisons, to be put down by ignorant critics as exaggerated. English visitors have shown up their horrors, only to be forbidden now by a stringent order to go inside. It is hard to say what happens behind the scenes, but torture is lightly thought of in Morocco; "cruelty," as Europeans understand it, has no place nor meaning in ignorant, fanatical minds; and an unpleasant inference is therefore to be drawn.
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