Near the castle, at the extremity of the cape, facing the Atlantic, isan oblong square, surrounded by a piazza, supported by colonnades,where the shops of the merchants are situated, and where the marketalso is held. The cattle-market is kept in an extensive plain, towhich you pass through a crooked way, out of the westerngate. Thursday is the market-day.

Fresh water is extremely scarce, and the inhabitants are sometimesgreatly distressed for want of it. Larache is a seat of government,and contains a spacious inland harbour; but the entrance is dangerousfrom the badness of its bar, which might, however, be removed withlittle trouble and expense, so as to render the harbour somewhatcommodious for shipping,