The locks and keys are very large and heavy, and of curious construction.

The houses are generally built in little narrow streets, but there are many open places, entirely void of buildings, and covered with sand, on which the camels of the traders rest.

Many palms grow in the town, and some houses have small square enclosures, in which are cultivated a few red peppers and onions.

The street of entrance is a broad space, of at least a hundred yards, leading to the wall that surrounds the castle, and is extremely pretty.

Here the horsemen have full scope to display their abilities, when they skirmish before the sultan.