is occupied with waste spaces and gardens often lying fallow. The streets,
Fig. 179. — Marocco — The Christian's Gate
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sufficiently wide near the gates, merge towards the centre in a labyrinth of narrow lanes encumbered with filth. Most of the houses have a mean appearance, and of