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ORIENTAL GRACE AND CULTURE AT HOME IN MOROCCO
| The dark-skinned Moors derive their name from the ancient Mauri or Mauretanians. They are cultured and intellectual, and have many excellent qualities in addition to prepossessing faces and sturdy frames. Their women-folk are often very beautiful, the richer classes enhancing their charms by dressing in gaudy silks and brocades, but their life is by no means enviable |