Note 48 — Chapter VI · CEUTA.

This flag is small and square, and hangs from a rod which is hoisted to an iron crane, to give it play and spread it out in calm weather, like the vexillum. I do not suppose it to be a relic of the Romans, but rather, that when the Romans landed, it had already fluttered for a thousand years on the leafy sides of Atlas. It is called Alem, and is hoisted at the hours of prayer. On Friday it is white, on other days blue.