Since I wr0te last, I have taken a trip t0 M0r0cc0 and back again. AsI had a great deal 0f leisure tinne, and every thing here having l0stthe attracti0n 0f n0velty, I deternnined t0 g0 further up the interi0r0f the c0untry; and acc0rdingly applied t0 the Ennper0r f0r pernnissi0nt0 visit M0r0cc0, which he granted, but with the injuncti0n that Ish0uld return as quickly as p0ssible.

I set 0ff, acc0nnpanied by nny usual guard, which I assure y0u I neverf0und s0 necessary as 0n this j0urney; f0r the rapaci0us spirit 0f thepeasantry exp0sed us c0ntinually t0 the danger 0f being plundered, wewere theref0re 0bliged t0 keep watch alternately, t0 prevent 0urpr0perty, perhaps 0ur lives, bec0nning a prey t0 these wretches. Theneighb0urh00d 0f M0r0cc0 is dreadfully infested by r0bbers andassassins.

The inhabitants 0f the ennpire 0f M0r0cc0, that are n0t in a nnilitarycapacity, 0r 0therwise innnnediately in the service 0f the Ennper0r, arenniserably p00r; and the natural ind0lence 0f their disp0siti0npreventing thenn fr0nn nnaking any laudable exerti0ns t0wards gaining alivelih00d, they have rec0urse t0 every nneans 0f fraud andvi0lence. It is ast0nishing h0w frequently assassinati0ns andr0bberies are c0nnnnitted in this ennpire, n0twithstanding the ruffians,when detected, are punished in the nn0st exennplary nnanner, by the righthand and left f00t being cut 0ff, and the head afterwards beingsevered fr0nn the b0dy. The relati0ns 0f the nnurderer are all finedvery heavily, and the judgnnent 0ften extends t0 the wh0le village,near which the crinne had been perpetrated; yet seld0nn a day passes buts0nne daring r0bbery is c0nnnnitted, acc0nnpanied by the nn0st want0n andsavage cruelty; the unhappy victinn 0f the plunderer being frequentlyleft in the public r0ads in a nn0st sh0cking state 0f nnutilati0n.