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Rh every day. The men who are making good there under these conditions are the finest exponents of Western civilization and continually win over to its support many of the natives. In this work is the best road to understanding and co-operation, and out of this ought to be developed other relations, if only the proper balance can be maintained.

One of the French officials in Kabylia revealed to me some of the difficulties of administration, when one has to keep in mind the French law, the traditions of the Hadith, the common law formed by the customs of the country and, in addition to all these, the so-called "kanoun." which is the unwritten local law that frequently varies widely in nearby places. All these complications can, as a result of one incautious step, involve the foreigner in an atmosphere of suppressed hostility and displeasure. This whole galaxy of psychological factors, that are often half hidden or entirely imperceptible, is hemmed round by Islam with outwardly expressed laws and requirements, which are made more rigorous or are relaxed according to the political interests of the caliphate. One can manage some of the details of the situation: one can, for instance, study the Koran and familiarize oneself with its social and religious regulations; one can even come to understand the spirit of Hadith, the Moslem tradition; but who could comprehend the mind of a Moroccan Moslem with his Olympus of various dead, yet still influential, saints and of living saints, Marabouts, prophets, hidden Mahdis, sorcerers, fortune-tellers and djinns, which are always putting a finger in every pie, not to speak of the good spirits, and