This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...The average value of the whole exports during the six years ending 18G6 amounted to 845,783. Far the largest share of the trade belongs to Great Britain. The largest imports are Manchester cotton goods, and the average of imports from the United Kingdom alone during the six years ending 1866 amounted to 696,263. Our ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...The average value of the whole exports during the six years ending 18G6 amounted to 845,783. Far the largest share of the trade belongs to Great Britain. The largest imports are Manchester cotton goods, and the average of imports from the United Kingdom alone during the six years ending 1866 amounted to 696,263. Our commerce with Morocco is, it thus appears, by no means despicable; but she is in no other respect of much interest to us, unless indeed it be as a neighbour to Gibraltar, or the possible possessor of manuscripts which may increase our knowledge. A distinguished continental orientalist once remarked to me that he thought the learning of Europe had a good deal to expect from the opening up of the Moroccan libraries, and M. Durrieu writes, "If ever this country should be completely thrown open to Europe, medicine, philosophy, history, and many sciences may make in it some valuable discoveries; for not only in all the mosques, but in the houses of almost all the Moorish families who inhabit the towns, there is preserved an immense number of manuscripts, which date from the most brilliant epochs of Mussulman civilisation."1 TUNIS.--Sailing to the eastward along the Barbary coast, after passing those Algerian colonies of France to which Mr. Prevost-Paradol in his most recent work assigns so undue an importance, we reach the regency of Tunis, a large district, the population of which is very variously estimated by our best and most recent authorities. Officially, Tunis is merely a government of Turkey; but in reality, it is, for almost all purposes, an independent State. Ever since 1705 its ties to Turkey have been somewhat weak, and since 1811 they have become very slight indeed. The Beys send presents at their accession, and pra...
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