by convicts from Spain and by small garrisons, Facing Peñon de Velez (Velez de la Gomera) are the remains of the Roman city of Badis, which in mediæval times was regarded as the port of Fez on the Mediterranean. This spot would be the most convenient landing-place for travellers proceeding from the Rif coast to the Sebu Valley; but no carriage roads have been opened across the intervening hills, which
are still held by independent Berber tribes. In one of the upland valleys stands the town of Sheshawen, surrounded by vineyards, and in the neighbourhood is the mother-house of the religious order of the Derkawas.
Tetuan — Ceuta.
On the Mediterranean seaboard the chief city of the empire is Tetuan, the Titawan of the Moors, and the Tettawen of the Berbers, that is, the "Place of Springs." The name is fully justified by the numerous and copious streamlets
