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line continues to run in a south-westerly direction to the mouth of the Scbu, the Sebur of the Phœnicians, the largest river in Marocco, and next to the Nile the most copious in North Africa. Having a width of from 400 to 1,000 feet, and a
Fig. 163. — Arabs and Berbers of Maghreb-el-Aksa.
mean depth of 10 feet throughout its lower course, the Sebu might be made available for navigation, at least for a great part of the year. But at present all passenger and goods traffic between the coast and the interior in this, part of Marocco is carried on by land. The riverain tribes are far too restless to allow a
