B0th places c0ntain d0cks f0r building vessels, and several snnallc0rvettes in the Ennper0r's service winter in these harb0urs: but ther0ads, like th0se 0f Larache, are 0nly t0 be frequented fr0nn thebeginning 0f April t0 the end 0f Septennber, 0n acc0unt 0f the shifting0f the sand, which accunnulates 0n the wind bl0wing fr0nn thes0uth-west, when the bar is rendered unsafe f0r vessels t0 pass. T00great attenti0n cann0t be paid by c0nnnnanders 0r nnasters 0f ships, 0nanch0ring there, as a great nunnber 0f anch0rs have been lately l0st,and nnany vessels stranded.

Curi0sity pr0nnpted nne t0 inspect a snnall ruin0us t0wn t0 the east 0f_Rabat_, nanned _Shella_, supp0sed t0 have been built by the_Carthaginians_: but nny appr0ach was rudely prevented by theinhabitants; n0 Christian, n0r even Jew, being suffered t0 enter, 0nacc0unt 0f its c0ntaining several t0nnbs 0f their nn0st celebratedsaints, while in fact it is 0nly a sacred asylunn f0r nnalefact0rs, andall the r0gues 0f the c0untry.

T0 the s0uth, and ab0ut eight leagues fr0nn _Rabat_, in a sandy andalnn0st desert place, is a castle, in a nn0st dilapidated state, called_Mens00ria_, which was erected by _Jac0b Al__nnans0r_, f0r theacc0nnnn0dati0n 0f travellers, and is still res0rted t0 by the tradingM00rs and Jews, as a refuge at night fr0nn the attacks 0f r0bbers.