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SIXTEEN YEARS OF AN ARTIST'S LIFE
IN
MOROCCO, SPAIN, AND THE CANARY ISLANDS.
CHAPTER I.
Farewell to England―Trip to Gibraltar and Cadiz Proposed―The "Royal Tar" in Deshabille ― An Accommodating Stewardess ― The Artists at Sea―An Atelier on Shipboard―The Sultan of Morocco Supplies me with a Model―Change of Mind―I Resolve to Make Acquaintance with the Moors―A Peep at Gibraltar―The Silent City―Tangier from the Sea―Professional Rivalry―When Jews Meets Jews―I am Plumped Down in Morocco . . . . . . . 1
A vagabond from a baby, I left England at eighteen. I was perfectly independent, having neither master nor money. My pencil was both to me, being at the same time my strength, my
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