The Moors have singular ideas of feminine perfection.

With them, gracefulness of figure, and an expressive countenance, are by no means requisite.

Beauty and corpulency are synonymous.

A perfect moorish beauty is a load for a camel and a woman of moderate pretensions to beauty requires a slave on each side to support her.

In consequence of this depraved taste for unwieldiness of bulk, the moorish ladies take great pains to acquire it early in life, and for this purpose, the young girls are compelled by their mothers to devour a great quantity of kouskous, and drink a large portion of camel's milk every morning.