A WOMAN TRAVELLER.
IN OLD MOROCCAN CITY. Mrs. Rosita Forbes, the explorer an” author, whose feats inch-'e a jou’ iey to the S'enussi headquarters in the Sahara, has arrived at ,-b.e secret Moroccan city of 9auon, -which the Spaniards first eite.'od in 1920. It is situated in a cleft in the mountains, and neither the entrances nor the battlements are visible at a distance of 50 yards.
Mrs. Forbes was cordially received, and commanded to repose on cushions, while Slaves sprinkled orange water over her. She drank green tea flavoured with mint, spice and ambergris. The room was hung with embroidered satin, and birds wore singing'‘gaily in every corner.
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Shannon News, 2 October 1923, Page 3
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109A WOMAN TRAVELLER. Shannon News, 2 October 1923, Page 3
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