A Tour from gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodorfe, Santa Cruz, and Tarudant; and thence over Mount Atlas to Morocco including a Particular Account of the Royal Harem, &c

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Author: Lempriere, William (?-1834) Year: 1794 Publisher: Printed by T Dobson Place: Philadelphia Description: xii+330 pages. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4 1/2") bound in original publisher's leather with new spine with black label in gilt lettering to spine. Third edition. William Lempriere, traveller and medical writer, was third son of Thomas Lemprière of Jersey. He entered the army medical service when young, and by 1789 was attached to the garrison of Gibraltar. In the September of that year Sidi Mahommed, emperor of Morocco, sent a message to General O'Hara, the commandant at Gibraltar, asking that an English doctor might be sent to attend his son, Muley Absolom, who was suffering from cataract. Lemprière accepted the commission, and left Gibraltar on 14 Sept. 1789; on 28 Oct. he reached Tarudant, where he attended the prince with great success. His only rewards, however, were ‘a gold watch, an indifferent horse, and a few hard dollars.’ He was then summoned to Morocco itself, which he reached on 4 Dec., to attend some ladies of the sultan's harem. He was detained at Morocco a long time against his will, and was not allowed to leave till 12 Feb. 1790; here again he complains of the miserable remuneration awarded him. After his return from Morocco Lemprière published an account of his travels in ‘A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogadore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant, and thence over Mount Atlas to Morocco,’ London, 1791. The work supplies interesting details concern

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