MARK TWAIN

with my awkwardness and taking this fearful sarcasm for
a compliment. I paid the price (SQC) for a torn pair of
Spanish kid gloves.

Faithfully recorded in his book—Chapter VII
of The Innocents Abroad.

Kings Arms and Club House. Hotels keep no registers
and never know who is in the house—send me to find my
friends, instead of a servant.

Dan told to gather all manner of statistics, reports
that brandy is 8c a drink and cigars 3c apiece.

More barber shops here than shoe shops in Fayal.
Many beautiful English and Spanish girls.

In Morocco for theft of cattle they cut off right hand
and left foot—cut round the joint and break it off.

When a poor Moor sees one of the scarce silver dollars
he asks permission to kiss it.

Governor of Tangier used to have salary of 5 or 6
pounds a month—keeps 25 or 30 wives.

Koran allows 4 wives and many concubines. In the
interior Jews marry several wives.

Snatched Major Barry out of the Moorish mosque—
would have been sacrilege. Couldn't pray in there for a
long time till it was purified. Would have got a shoe over
his head—years ago would have got a knife—they are
very fanatical.

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