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province of See also:southern See also:Morocco, once an See also:independent See also:kingdom, and still too unruly to be opened to Europeans, who have nevertheless for centuries past made efforts to secure a foothold. Its See also:principal towns are Tarudant, Iligh (the old See also:capital), and Glimin on the See also:Wad See also:Nun. Tarudant, the See also:present capital, flourished in the 12th See also:century on See also:account of the neighbouring See also:copper-mines. See also:Saltpetre is now the only important product. Ports might be opened at Agadir Ighir (once occupied by the Portuguese for See also:thirty years as See also:Santa Cruz), See also:Massa, Ifni, Arksis and Assaka at the mouth of the Wad Nun. As a coveted See also:district, all kinds of natural riches are attributed to Sus, but it may be assumed that they are exaggerated. Europeans See also:land at their peril, since the See also:coast is by imperial See also:order closed to See also:trade, no See also:custom-See also:house being provided. Most of the business of Sus is carried on at See also:great fairs lasting eight or fifteen days, during which See also:time all roads of approach are guaranteed safe by the tribesmen that trade may be uninterrupted. Caravans from Sus laden with copper-See also:ware, See also:olive oil, See also:butter, See also:saffron, See also:wax, skins, See also:dates, dried See also:roses, &c., are sent to See also:Marrakesh, four days' See also:journey from Tarudant. Susis are well known in the See also:north of Morocco as able tradesmen and See also:clever See also:metal workers. They live frugally, and are only prodigal in See also:powder and human See also:life. Their See also:language is almost exclusively Shilhah, a See also:dialect of See also:Berber.

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