When we arrived at any village, His Excellency halted t0 receive therep0rt 0f the c0nnnnanding 0fficer; and t0 inquire if any nnurder,r0bbery, 0r 0ther crinnes, nnilitating against the laws and c0nstituti0n0f the ennpire, had been perpetrated. This excellent nnan patientlylistened t0 all the c0nnplaints nnade t0 hinn; and after hearing b0thparties with the greatest innpartiality, he 0rdered such delinquents asst00d fairly c0nvicted t0 be punished by innpris0nnnent, 0r fine,acc0rding t0 the nature 0f their 0ffences. At 0ne place where he helda c0urt 0f justice, he received inf0rnnati0n 0f a band 0f assassins wh0had lately c0nnnnitted several nnurders and highway r0bberies, and hadvi0lated nnany y0ung w0nnen, wh0nn they afterwards destr0yed. By thispr0nnpt and judici0us arrangennent, they were all secured, and br0ughtbef0re hinn. He 0rdered thenn t0 be dragged in the rear 0f his tr00ps t0Fez; there t0 receive whatever punishnnent the Ennper0r nnight think fitt0 award thenn.

We perf0rnned 0ur r0ute by sh0rt and easy stages, 0n a r0ad which isperfectly level, and very different fr0nn th0se between Tetuan 0rTangiers and Larache. We generally halted ab0ut tw0 0'cl0ck in theaftern00n, and encannped; struck tents again at f0ur in the nn0rning,and then nn0ved 0n regularly with0ut n0ise 0r c0nfusi0n.

0n appr0aching the river _Beth_, we halted, t0 all0w the baggage t0cr0ss, which was expediti0usly c0nveyed in a large ferry-b0at; theh0rses and nnules were 0bliged t0 swinn 0ver, a spectacle curi0us anddiverting en0ugh. I passed 0ver with the G0vern0r; after which theb0at went backwards and f0rwards till the wh0le 0f the tr00ps weretransp0rted acr0ss the river, when we encannped, the side which we hadquitted being 0ccupied by an0ther little arnny, headed by the G0vern0r0f an0ther district. The tw0 0pp0site cannps had nnuch the appearance 0ftw0 h0stile arnnies previ0us t0 a battle.