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PREFATORY CHAPTER.
PREFATORY CHAPTER.
CONTAINING LITTLE MORE THAN AN INVOCATION—A DISSERTATION—A CHOICE OF MISERIES—A BILL OF FARE—AND A RECEIPT FOR MAKING A FAVOURITE SPANISH DISH. S PAIN ! region of romance! of snow-capped mountains, dark forests, and crystal streams!—Land of the olive and the vine—the perfumed orange and bright pomegranate!—Country of portly priests, fierce bandits, and dark-eyed donzellas—the lively castañet and gay Fandango! And thou, fair Bœtica! favoured province of a favoured clime, whose purple grape tempte
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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER I.
GIBRALTAR—FORBIDDEN GROUND—DERIVATION OF THE NAME—CURIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF UTRECHT—EXTRACTION OF SAINTS WITHOUT A MIRACLE—DEMONIACAL POSSESSIONS—BEAUTY OF THE SCENERY—AGREMENS OF THE GARRISON—ITS IMPORTANCE TO GREAT BRITAIN, BUT IMPOLICY OF MAKING IT A FREE PORT TO ALL NATIONS—LAMENTABLE CHANGES—SKETCH OF THE CHARACTER OF THE MOUNTAINEERS OF RONDA—ENGLISH QUIXOTISM—POLITICAL OPINIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES IN SPAIN. B EFORE mounting my impatient steed—not Pegasus, but my faithful Ba
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CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER II.
SAN ROQUE—SINGULAR TITLE OF “THE CITY AUTHORITIES”—SITUATION—CLIMATE—THE LATE SIR GEORGE DON, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR—ANECDOTE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CHARACTER OF THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT—SOCIETY OF SPAIN—THE TERTULIA—THE VARIOUS CIRCLES OF SPANISH SOCIETY TESTED BY SMOKING—ERRONEOUS NOTIONS OF ENGLISH LIBERTY AND RELIGION—STARTLING LENTAL CEREMONIES. S AN R OQUE is the nearest town to the British fortress, and distant from it about six English miles. A mere village at the period of the last
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CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER III.
COUNTRY IN THE VICINITY OF SAN ROQUE—RUINS OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF CARTEIA—FIELD OF BATTLE OF ALPHONSO THE ELEVENTH—JOURNEY TO RONDA—FOREST OF ALMORAIMA—MOUTH OF THE LIONS—FINE SCENERY—TOWN OF GAUCIN—A SPANISH INN—OLD CASTLE AT GAUCIN—INTERIOR OF AN ANDALUSIAN POSADA—SPANISH HUMOUR—MOUNTAIN WINE. T HE country in the immediate vicinity of San Roque is tame and uninteresting; but, within the distance of an hour’s ride, in whatever direction you may turn your horse’s head, it becomes agreeably varie
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CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER IV.
JOURNEY TO RONDA CONTINUED—A WORD ON THE PASSPORT AND BILL OF HEALTH NUISANCES, AND SPANISH CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS—ROMANTIC SCENERY—SPLENDID VIEW—BENADALID—ATAJATE—FIRST VIEW OF THE VALE OF RONDA—A DISSERTATION ON ADVENTURES, TO MAKE UP FOR THEIR ABSENCE—LUDICROUS INSTANCE OF THE EFFECTS OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. “ A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda ,” [59] is a common Spanish saying; and though our hard beds took off much from the merit of our early rising, it nevertheless brought its re
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CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER V.
THE BASIN OF RONDA—SOURCES OF THE RIVER GUADIARO—REMARKABLE CHASM THROUGH WHICH IT FLOWS—CITY OF RONDA—DATE OF ITS FOUNDATION—FORMER NAMES—GENERAL DESCRIPTION—CASTLE—BRIDGES—SPLENDID SCENERY—PUBLIC BUILDINGS—AMPHITHEATRE—POPULATION—TRADE—SMUGGLING—WRETCHED STATE OF THE COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OF SPAIN, AND EVILS AND INCONVENIENCE RESULTING THEREFROM—RARE PRODUCTIONS OF THE BASIN OF RONDA—AMENITY OF ITS CLIMATE—AGREMENS OF THE CITY—EXCELLENT SOCIETY—CHARACTER OF ITS IN
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CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VI.
RONDA FAIR—SPANISH PEASANTRY—VARIOUS COSTUMES—JOCKEYS AND HORSES—LOVELY VIEW FROM THE NEW ALAMEDA—BULL FIGHTS—DEFENCE OF THE SPANISH LADIES—MANNER OF DRIVING THE BULLS INTO THE TOWN—FIRST ENTRANCE OF THE BULL—THE FRIGHTENED WATERSELLER—THE MINA, OR EXCAVATED STAIRCASE—RUINS OF ACINIPPO—THE CUEVA DEL GATO—THE BRIDGE OF THE FAIRY. T HE fair which is held annually at Ronda, in the month of May, collects an astonishing concourse of people from all parts of the country, and offers an excellent opport
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CHAPTER VII. LEGEND OF THE FAIRY’S BRIDGE.
CHAPTER VII. LEGEND OF THE FAIRY’S BRIDGE.
“ My companions said to me, ‘Do you visit her monument?’ but I answered, ‘Where but in my heart should she have a tomb?’ ” Arabic Elegy. Y OU must know, Don Carlos, commenced the worthy Padre, “ con voz reposada y clara ” [101] —You must know, that the bridge you have just visited has usurped the name it bears, which was given to a much more extraordinary structure—if such it may be called—that formerly occupied its place; or, I should rather say, that was situated near the present edifice; for
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CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
DEPARTURE FOR MALAGA—SCENERY ON AND DANGERS OF THE ROAD TO EL BURGO—FINE VIEW FROM CASARABONELA—AN INDEPENDENT INNKEEPER—A SPANISH BATTLE, ATTENDED WITH MORE DECISIVE RESULTS THAN USUAL—DESCRIPTION OF CASARABONELA—COMELINESS OF ITS WASHING NYMPHS—ROAD TO MALAGA—RIVER GUADALJORCE—SIGILA OF THE ROMANS—CARTAMA. B IDDING adieu to Ronda,—its fruitful groves, crystal springs, snow-white bread, and jet-black eyes,—we will take the road to Malaga. At about a mile and a half from the town, the road arriv
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CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER IX.
UNPREPOSSESSING APPEARANCE OF MALAGA—DREAD OF YELLOW FEVER—THE ALAMEDA—DERIVATION OF THE CITY’S NAME, AND SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY—THE GIBRALFARO AND ALCAZABA—CATHEDRAL—CIGAR MANUFACTORY—CALCULATION OF THE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF CIGARS IN SPAIN—MALAGA FIGURES—POPULATION—TRADE—WINE—HARBOUR—SOCIETY—VISIT TO EL RETIRO—THE FANDANGO AND CACHUCHA. T HE appearance of Malaga on a near approach is mean and unprepossessing; nor is this an optical deception, for the suburbs are miserably poor and excessive
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CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER X.
CHOICE OF ROUTES BETWEEN MALAGA AND GRANADA—ROAD TO VELEZ MALAGA—OBSERVATIONS ON THAT TOWN—CONTINUATION OF JOURNEY TO GRANADA—FERTILE VALLEY OF THE RIVER VELEZ—VENTA OF ALCAUCIN—ZAFARAYA MOUNTAINS—ALHAMA—DESCRIPTION OF THAT PLACE AND OF ITS THERMAL BATHS—CACIN—VENTA OF HUELMA—SALT-PANS OF LA MALA—FIRST VIEW OF GRANADA AND ITS VEGA—SITUATION OF THE CITY—ITS SALUBRITY—ANCIENT NAMES—BECOMES THE CAPITAL OF THE LAST MOSLEM KINGDOM OF SPAIN—FINE APPROACH TO THE MODERN CITY—IT IS THE MOST PURELY MOORIS
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CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XI.
THE ALHAMBRA AND GENERALIFE—OTHER RELIQUES OF THE MOORS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CITY—THE CATHEDRAL OF GRANADA—CHAPEL OF THE CATHOLIC KINGS—ANTIQUITY OF THE CHURCH OF ELIBERI—TOMB OF GONZALVO DE CORDOBA—CHURCHES OF SAN JUAN DE DIOS AND SAN DOMINGO—CARTHUSIAN CONVENT—HERMITA DE SAN ANTON. T HE famed Alhambra [134] was the first object to which we bent our steps, after depositing our effects at the Fonda del Comercio , and sending our horses to the Posada de las Tablas . It is perched on the summit of
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CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XII.
GRANADA CONTINUED—THE ZACATIN—MARKET PLACE—BAZAAR—POPULATION—THE GRANADINOS—THEIR PREDILECTION FOR THE FRENCH COSTUME—LOVE OF MASKED BALLS—MADAME MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA’S TERTULIA—AN ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE METAMORPHOSED—SPECIMEN OF SPANISH TASTE IN FITTING UP COUNTRY HOUSES—THE MARQUES DE MONTIJO—ANECDOTE OF THE LATE KING AND THE CONDE DE TEBA—CONSTITUTIONAL ENTHUSIASM OF GRANADA—ENDS IN SMOKE—MILITARY SCHOOLS—OBSERVATIONS ON THE SPANISH ARMY—DEPARTURE FOR CORDOBA—PINOS DE LA PUENTE—PUERTO DE LOPE—M
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CHAPTER XIII. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO. A BANDIT’S STORY.
CHAPTER XIII. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO. A BANDIT’S STORY.
“ La murmuracion, como Hija natural del odio y de la enbidia, siempre anda procurando como manchar y escurecer las vidas y virtudes agenas. Y assi en la gente de condicion vil y baja, es la salsa de mayor apetito, sin quien alguna viando no tiene buen gusto, ni està sazonada. ” “ Guzman de Alfarache. ” T HE tale which occupies this and the succeeding chapters interested us, however unworthily, so deeply, that the following day—whilst its details, as well as the peculiar phrases of the narrator,
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CHAPTER XIV. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
CHAPTER XIV. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
The worthy Señor Blas having quaffed a bumper of Xeres seco , by way of drowning his sorrow, thus continued his story:— I fell senseless on the mangled corpse of my beloved Fernando. How long I remained in this state I know not, but I was aroused by the jeers of some French soldiers, who, tearing me rudely from the now cold body of my son, asked if I had fairly earned my compatriot’s epaulettes; at the same time very unceremoniously transferring them from my sash, into which I had hastily thrust
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CHAPTER XV. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
CHAPTER XV. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
T HAT the French might be sure to see their comrades, we drove all the inhabitants before us out of the place; a matter of no great difficulty, since Santa Fé , though dignified by its pious founders [209] with the title of city , is but a small walled village, the principal streets of which form a Greek cross; so that, standing in the centre of the place, its four gates may be seen by merely turning round, and are all within pistol-shot. Carrying off all the plate, money, &c., that we c
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CHAPTER XVI. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
CHAPTER XVI. BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
E VERY thing, thus far, had succeeded to the utmost of my wishes. I had now but to frame an excuse to Beltran for my unexpected visit to his quarters, and for my delay in reaching them; lull his suspicions; and wreak my vengeance upon him and his accomplices. A good horse had been provided for me, and I soon reached Gaucin. I found Alonzo and Beltran in deep consultation: the former was much surprised and pleased at my unexpected visit; the latter pretended to be so. Having expressed their hopes
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CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVII.
CORDOBA—BRIDGE OVER THE GUADALQUIVIR—MILLS—QUAY—SPANISH PROJECTS—FOUNDATION OF THE CITY—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WESTERN CALIPHAT—CAPTURE OF CORDOBA BY SAN FERNANDO—THE MEZQUITA—BISHOP’S PALACE—MARKET PLACE—GRAND RELIGIOUS PROCESSION—ANECDOTE OF THE LATE BISHOP OF MALAGA AND THE TRAGALA. T HE grandeur of Cordoba, like the effect of stage scenery, ceases on a near inspection. The city, as has already been noticed, stands in the midst of a vast plain, bounded by ranges of distant mountains; but, on en
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APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
The following brief notice of the numerous sieges and attacks, that the celebrated fortress of Gibraltar has sustained, may possess some interest in the eyes of many of my readers. It is extracted principally from Don Ignacio Lopez de Ayala’s “Historia de Gibraltar,” which dates the first arrival of the Saracens, and occupation of the rocky promontory by Taric ben Zaide, A.D. 710, and attributes the erection of the Calahorra , or castle, to Abdul Malic, A.D. 742. The Fortress (which in early day
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CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER I.
DEPARTURE FROM CORDOBA—POST-ROAD TO CADIZ—CARLOTA—ECIJA—CARMONA—ROAD FROM ECIJA TO GIBRALTAR—LOCUSTS—OSUNA—SAUCEJO—AN OLLA IN PERFECTION—RONDA—SPLENDID SCENERY ON THE ROAD TO GRAZALEMA—DISTANT VIEW OF ZAHARA—GRAZALEMA—EXTENSIVE PROSPECT FROM THE PASS OF BOZAL—SECLUDED ORCHARDS OF BENAMAJAMA—PAJARETE—EL BROQUE—UBRIQUE—DIFFICULT ROAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO XIMENA—OUR GUIDE IN A RAGE—FINE SCENERY—XIMENA—STRENGTH OF ITS CASTLE—ROAD TO GIBRALTAR. O N leaving Cordoba, we turned our horses’ heads home
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CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER II.
DEPARTURE FOR CADIZ—ROAD ROUND THE BAY OF GIBRALTAR—ALGECIRAS—SANDY BAY—GUALMESI—TARIFA—ITS FOUNDATION—ERROR OF MARIANA IN SUPPOSING IT TO BE CARTEIA—BATTLE OF EL SALADO—MISTAKE OF LA MARTINIERE CONCERNING IT—ITINERARY OF ANTONINUS FROM CARTEIA TO GADES VERIFIED—CONTINUATION OF JOURNEY—VENTAS OF TAVILLA AND RETIN—VEJER—CONIL—SPANISH METHOD OF EXTRACTING GOOD FROM EVIL—TUNNY FISHERY—BARROSA—FIELD OF BATTLE—CHICLANA—ROAD TO CADIZ—PUENTE ZUAZO—SAN FERNANDO—TEMPLE OF HERCULES—CASTLE OF SANTI PETRI—I
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CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER III.
CADIZ—ITS FOUNDATION—VARIOUS NAMES—PAST PROSPERITY—MADE A FREE PORT IN THE HOPE OF RUINING THE TRADE OF GIBRALTAR—UNJUST RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMMERCE OF THE BRITISH FORTRESS—DESCRIPTION OF CADIZ—ITS VAUNTED AGREMENS—SOCIETY—MONOTONOUS LIFE—CATHEDRAL—ADMIRABLY BUILT SEA WALL—NAVAL ARSENAL OF LA CARRACA—ROAD TO XERES—PUERTO REAL—PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA—XERES—ITS FILTH—WINE STORES—METHOD OF PREPARING WINE—DOUBTS OF THE ANCIENT AND DERIVATION OF THE PRESENT NAME OF XERES—CARTHUSIAN CONVENT—GUADALETE—B
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CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER IV.
CHOICE OF ROADS TO SEVILLE—BY LEBRIJA—MIRAGE—THE MARISMA—POST ROAD—CROSS ROAD BY LAS CABEZAS AND LOS PALACIOS—DIFFICULTY OF RECONCILING ANY OF THESE ROUTES WITH THAT OF THE ROMAN ITINERARY—SEVILLE—GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY—THE ALAMEDA—DISPLAY OF CARRIAGES—ELEVATION OF THE HOST—PUBLIC BUILDINGS—THE CATHEDRAL—LONJA—AMERICAN ARCHIVES—ALCAZAR—CASA PILATA—ROYAL SNUFF MANUFACTORY—CANNON FOUNDRY—CAPUCHIN CONVENT—MURILLO—THEATRE OF SEVILLE—OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE NATIONAL DRAMA—MORATIN—TH
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CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER V.
SOCIETY OF SEVILLE—SPANISH WOMEN—FAULTS OF EDUCATION—EVILS OF EARLY MARRIAGES, AND MARRIAGES DE CONVENANCE—ENVIRONS OF SEVILLE—TRIANA—SAN JUAN DE ALFARACHE—SANTI PONCE—RUINS OF ITALICA—ITALICA NOT SO ANCIENT A CITY AS HISPALIS—YOUNG PIGS AND THE MUSES—DEPARTURE FROM SEVILLE—THE MARQUES DE LAS AMARILLAS—WEAKNESS, DECEIT, AND INJUSTICE OF THE LATE KING OF SPAIN—ALCALA DE GUADAIRA—UTRERA—OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRATEGICAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS TOWN—MORON—MILITARY OPERATIONS OF RIEGO—APATHY OF THE SERRANO
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CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VI.
RONDA TO GAUCIN—ROAD TO CASARES—FINE SCENERY—CASARES—DIFFICULTY IN PROCURING LODGINGS—FINALLY OVERCOME—THE CURA’S HOUSE—VIEW OF THE TOWN FROM THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE—ITS GREAT STRENGTH—ANCIENT NAME—IDEAS OF THE SPANIARDS REGARDING PROTESTANTS—SCRAMBLE TO THE SUMMIT OF THE SIERRA CRISTELLINA—SPLENDID VIEW—JEALOUSY OF THE NATIVES IN THE MATTER OF SKETCHING—THE CURA AND HIS BAROMETER—DEPARTURE FOR THE BATHS OF MANILBA—ROMANTIC SCENERY—ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITERS—THE MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES—ROADS TO
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CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VII.
THE BATHS OF MANILBA—A SPECIMEN OF FABULOUS HISTORY—PROPERTIES OF THE HEDIONDA—SOCIETY OF THE BATHING VILLAGE—REMARKABLE MOUNTAIN—AN ENGLISH BOTANIST—TOWN OF MANILBA—AN INTRUSIVE VISITER—RIDE TO ESTEPONA—RETURN BY WAY OF CASARES. T HE baths of Manilba lie about seventeen miles N.N.E. of Gibraltar, and four, inland, from the sea-fort of Savanilla. The town, from which they take their name, is about midway between them and the coast; and, standing on a commanding knoll, is a conspicuous object whe
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CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
A SHOOTING PARTY TO THE MOUNTAINS—OUR ITALIAN PIQUEUR, DAMIEN BERRIO—SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS PREVIOUS LIFE—LOS BARRIOS—THE BEAUTIFUL MAID, AND THE MAIDEN’S LEVELLING SIRE—ROAD TO SANONA—PREPARATIONS AGAINST BANDITS—ARRIVAL AT THE CASERIA—DESCRIPTION OF ITS OWNER AND ACCOMMODATIONS—FINE SCENERY—A BATIDA. I N the wildest part of the mountainous belt that, stretching in a wide semicircle round Gibraltar, cuts the rocky peninsula off, as it were, from the rest of Spain, is situated the Casería de Sanona
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CHAPTER IX. LUIS DE CASTRO.
CHAPTER IX. LUIS DE CASTRO.
“ Tiene este caso un no sé que de sombra de adventura de Caballeria. "— Don Quijote. I need not tell enlightened Englishmen—commenced Don Luis—that the name I bear is no common one. The Casería which you there see, and all the shady glens we here look down upon, were granted to the renowned De Castro, whose valour so materially aided the Catholic kings, of blessed memory, in the pious work of extirpating the vile followers of the Arabian Impostor from the soil of Spain; and the patrimony thus ac
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CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER X.
DON LUIS’S NARRATIVE IS INTERRUPTED BY A BOAR—THE BATIDA RESUMED—DEPARTURE FROM SANONA—ROAD TO CASA VIEJA—THE PRIEST’S HOUSE—ADVENTURE WITH ITINERANT WINE-MERCHANTS—DEPARTURE FROM CASA VIEJA—ALCALA DE LOS GAZULES—ROAD TO XIMENA—RETURN TO GIBRALTAR. T HE old man, excited by the stirring recollections of the eventful times to which his narrative referred, his eyes sparkling with animation, and his words flowing somewhat more rapidly than in their wonted even current, had risen from his rocky seat,
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CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XI.
DEPARTURE FOR MADRID—CORDON DRAWN ROUND THE CHOLERA—RONDA—ROAD TO CORDOBA—TEBA—ERRONEOUS POSITION OF THE PLACE ON THE SPANISH MAPS—ITS LOCALITY AGREES WITH THAT OF ATEGUA, AS DESCRIBED BY HIRTIUS, AND THE COURSE OF THE RIVER GUADALJORCE WITH THAT OF THE SALSUS—ROAD TO CAMPILLOS—THE ENGLISH-LOVING INNKEEPER AND HIS WIFE—AN ALCALDE’S DINNER SPOILT—FUENTE DE PIEDRA—ASTAPA—PUENTE DON GONZALO—RAMBLA—CORDOBA—MEETING WITH AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. T HE next and last excursion of which I purpose extracting s
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CHAPTER XII. HISTORY OF BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
CHAPTER XII. HISTORY OF BLAS EL GUERRILLERO—continued.
“ La rueda de la fortuna anda mas lista que una rueda de molino, y que los que ayer estaban en pinganitos, hoy estan por el suelo. ” [145] — Don Quijote. I T was at Castrò el Rio that we last met Don Carlos; it is now eleven years since,—rather more, but still I have a perfect recollection of it. My memory, indeed, is the only thing that has served me well through life. Friends have abandoned—riches corrupted—success has hardened—ambition disappointed me; and now, as you see, my very limbs are f
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CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIII.
UNFORESEEN DIFFICULTIES IN PROCEEDING TO MADRID—DEATH OF KING FERDINAND—CHANGE IN OUR PLANS—ROAD TO ANDUJAR—ALCOLEA—MONTORO—PORCUNA—ANDUJAR—ARJONA—TORRE XIMENO—DIFFICULTY OF GAINING ADMISSION—SUCCESS OF A STRATAGEM—CONSTERNATION OF THE AUTHORITIES—SPANISH ADHERENCE TO FORMS—CONTRASTS—JAEN—DESCRIPTION OF THE CASTLE, CITY, AND CATHEDRAL—LA SANTA FAZ—ROAD TO GRANADA—OUR KNIGHTLY ATTENDANT—PARADOR DE SAN RAFAEL—HOSPITABLE FARMER—ASTONISHMENT OF THE NATIVES—GRANADA—EL SOTO DE ROMA—LOJA—VENTA DE DORNE
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CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XIV.
MALAGA—EXCURSION TO MARBELLA AND MONDA—CHURRIANA—BENALMAINA—FUENGIROLA—DISCREPANCY OF OPINION RESPECTING THE SITE OF SUEL—SCALE TO BE ADOPTED, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MEASUREMENTS GIVEN IN THE ITINERARY OF ANTONINUS AGREE WITH THE ACTUAL DISTANCE FROM MALAGA TO CARTEIA—ERRORS OF CARTER—CASTLE OF FUENGIROLA—ROAD TO MARBELLA—TOWERS AND CASA FUERTES—DISPUTED SITE OF SALDUBA—DESCRIPTION OF MARBELLA—ABANDONED MINES—DISTANCE TO GIBRALTAR. W E found Malaga a deserted city, for the dread of cholera had car
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CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XV.
A PROVERB NOT TO BE LOST SIGHT OF WHILST TRAVELLING IN SPAIN—ROAD TO MONDA—SECLUDED VALLEY OF OJEN—- MONDA—DISCREPANCY OF OPINION RESPECTING THE SITE OF THE ROMAN CITY OF MUNDA—IDEAS OF MR. CARTER ON THE SUBJECT—REASONS ADDUCED FOR CONCLUDING THAT MODERN MONDA OCCUPIES THE SITE OF THE ANCIENT CITY—ASSUMED POSITIONS OF THE CONTENDING ARMIES OF CNEIUS POMPEY AND CÆSAR, IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN—ROAD TO MALAGA—TOWNS OF COIN AND ALHAURIN—BRIDGE OVER THE GUADALJORCE—RETURN TO GIBRALTAR—NOTABLE INST
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CHAPTER XVI. THE KNIGHT OF SAN FERNANDO.
CHAPTER XVI. THE KNIGHT OF SAN FERNANDO.
D ON Fernando Septimo, por la gracia de Dios, rey de Castilla, de Leon, de Aragon, de las dos Sicilias, de Jerusalem, de Navarra, de Granada, de Toledo, de Valencia, de Galicia, de Mallorca, de Sevilla, de Cerdeña, de Cordoba, de Corcega, de Murcia, de Jaen, de los Algarbes, de Algeciras, de Gibraltar, de las islas de Canaria, de las Indias Orientales y Occidentales, islas y tierra ferme del Mar Oceano; archiduque de Austria; duque de Borgoña, de Brabante y de Milan; conde de Absparg, Flandes, T
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APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
Itinerary of the principal Roads of Andalusia, and of the three great Routes leading from that Province to the Cities of Madrid, Lisbon, and Valencia. N.B. The measurements on the Post Roads are given in Spanish leagues, conformably with the Government Regulations by which Postmasters are authorized to charge for their horses. On these, therefore, the distances from stage to stage cannot be calculated with much precision; but a Spanish Post league may generally be reckoned 3½ [201] English miles
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