He Wallows in the Merry. Bagpipe's Notes.
There is no accounting for taste. His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco is passionately devoted to the music, of the bagpipes, and has engaged a renowned master of that instrument; to play for him. Robert Mortimer, of Aberdeen, formerly a piper in a Highland regiment, is the man who has been honoured by the Sultan. He is to receive a salary of £250 q year, a very large one for Morocco, and a liberal allowance of expenses, enabling him to buy all the bagpipes | and costumes. He is supported in good style by the Sultan, and is, no doubt, able to enjoy most of the luxuries of a Mahommedan Court absolutely untainted by European civilisation. His Majesty, who is watched with keen interest by many representatives of foreign Powers, is reported to be delighted by his new Court musician. He lounges on his divan, smoking his hookah, and drinks in the wild Caledonian melody. He would rather listen to it than watch his coochee-coochee dancers. He has the piper play at reviews o£ the army to instil courage into the men and cultivate their musical taste. England has a lighthouse to every 14 miles of coast.
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Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 21, 24 July 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)
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203He Wallows in the Merry. Bagpipe's Notes. Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 21, 24 July 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)
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