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Cafi, where [[red underline]] Mimram [[/red underline]] traced me by the appearance of my baggage which had been left in the cab on the place. [[red underline]] Mimram speaks English [[/red underline]] or better [[underline]] shouts [[/underline]] it and [[red underline]] his loud talk is tiring. [[/red underline]] But chap is glad to have found me and [[red underline]] thinks the world of George. [[/red underline]] It rains again. he finds me sleeping accomodation about a mile from Fez near Station in [[red underline]] French town [[/red underline]] which consists of few newly built houses. [[red underline]] Room is very primitive [[/red underline]] but tolerable, and fortunately has a large window opening on muddy street. Cold damp cheerless. [[red underline]] Supper is very simple and rather bad [[/red underline]] and is sold "vin compris" Most guests are [[red underline]] French officers [[/red underline]] who are not
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used to much. - Style small town French hotel. [[red underline]] No w.c. but a slab [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] wih [[/strikethrough]] with a hold [[strkethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] on which one squats. Fortunately it can be flushed with water
April 12. [[red underline]] Mimram [[/red underline]] came with same driver. First drove to [[red underline]] horse market. [[/red underline]] Picturesque night outside of the old town No good horses. [[strikethrough]] All [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Only Arabs [[/red underline]] around. [[red underline]] Donkeys, mules, camels [[/red underline]] etc. Mimram shows me the crenelation on walls of gate - entrances [[red underline]] where only a few years ago were hung the heads of several Frenchmen and other ^[[American]] [[strikethrough]] Europeans [[/strikethrough]] slain [[/red underline]] by the Arabs. [[red underline]] Fakirs, snake [[/red underline]] charmers, dervishes, [[strikethrough]] physics [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Arab physicians [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] wh [[/strikethrough]] with a burning little charcoal fire in which they keep [[red underline]] instruments [[/red underline]] and tongs red hot, so as to