An account of the empire of Marocco : and the districts of Suse and Tafilelt ; compiled from miscellaneous observations made during a long residence in, and various journies through, these countries. To which is added an account of shipwrecks on the western coast of Africa, and an interesting account of Timbuctoo, the great emporium of Central Africa / by James Grey Jackson, esq.; illustrated with correct maps and various engravings.

Reprint of 1814 edition.

Includes facsimile reproduction of title page of original edition, William Bulmer and T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Geographical Divisions of the Empire of Marocco -- 2. Rivers, Mountains, Climate of Marocco -- 3. Description of the different provinces -- 4. Population of the Empire of Marocco -- Account of its Sea-ports, and principal inland Towns -- 5. Zoology -- 6. Metallic, mineral, and vegetable productions -- 7. Description of the Inhabitants of West Barbary -- their Dressn -- Religious Customs and Opinions -- their Character -- Manners and Customs -- Diseases, andc. et cetera -- 8. Some account of a peculiar species of plague, which depopulated west Barbary in 1799, and 1800, and to the effects of which the author was an eye-witness -- 9. Some Observations on the Mohammedan Religion -- 10. Languages of Africa -- Various Dialects of the Arabic Language -- Difference between the Berebber and Shelluh Languages -- Specimen of the Mandinga ... -- 11. General Commerce of Marocco -- Annual Exports and Imports of the Port of Mogodor -- Importance and Advantages of a Trade with the Empire of Marocco -- Cause of its Decline -- Present State of our Relations with the Barbary Powers -- 12. Shipwrecks on the Western Coast of Africa about Wedinoon and Sahara ; State of the British and other Captives whilst in possession of the Saharawans, or Roving Arabs of the Desert -- Mode of their Redemption -- 13. Commercial Relations of the Empire of Marocco with Timbuctoo and other Districts of Soudan -- Route of the Caravans to, and from Soudan -- Of the City of Timbuctoo -- The Productive Gold Mines in its Vicinage -- Of the navigable Intercourse between Jinnie and Timbuctoo; and from the latter to Cairo in Egypt: the whole being collected from the most authentic and corroborating testimonies of the Guides of the Caravans, Itinerant Merchants of Soudan, and other creditable sources of Intelligence.

The following sheets have been compiled from various notes and observations made during a residence of sixteen years in different parts of the Empire of Marocco, in the successive reigns of Cidi Mohammed ben Abdallah ben Ismael, Muley Yezzid, Muley el Hesham, and Muley Soliman ben Mohammed; and which were originally intended merely as memoranda for my own use; but shortly after my last arrival in England, I had the honour to converse with a distinguished Nobleman on the subject of African knowledge, and from his Lordship's suggestions I first determined to submit to the public such information as a long intercourse with the natives of Barbary, as well in a political as a commercial capacity, and a thorough knowledge of the languages of North Africa, had enabled me to obtain.

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