Scottish explorer Mungo Park lived as a prisoner in Western Africa for several months in 1795. Writing about his time among the Moors he said, "if any one circumstance excited among them favourable thoughts towards my own person it was my beard, which was now grown to an enormous length, and was always beheld with approbation or envy. I believe in my conscience they thought it too good a beard for a Christian."
At least I know that if I'm ever held captive by 18th c. Moors I'll be held in high esteem.
2 comments:
Thank God.
perhaps a sub-blog devoted to beards should be started? this could be referred to if you find yourself in need of elevation beyond MP status with the Moors of the future...
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