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never seen Emily Waring, or rescued her lover from his great 

 peril, or been present at the trial of the unhappy Donovan, -this 

 majestic object would, nevertheless, be distinguished amont>' the 

 many scenes upon which I have looked with wonder and delight, as 

 that one, which is the most vividly pictured upon my memory. 



But, with my recollections of Gibralter, some passages of human 

 life are mixed; and when, a year ago, 1 visited this spot for the 

 second time, the glorious scene that burst upon me as I sailed 

 through the Straits, the Barbary mountains on one hand, the 

 Bay of Algesiras and the Sierra of Granada on the other, the 

 placid waters of the Mediterranean spreading towards the East, and 

 the gigantic rock guarding its entrance, were lost in the recollection 

 of mingled sorrow and joy that annihilated ten years; and placed 

 me again, beside Emily Waring, and showed me but 1 will not 

 anticipate. 



In the year 1821, in the month of June, 1 >ailed from England 

 with the Levant Packet, in the intention of spendinu a tew weeks 

 in Cadiz and Gibralter, and of then proceeding to Corfu. I think 

 it was the loth of June, when I stepped upon the mole of Gibral- 

 ter; and the same evening 1 presented my letter-; to Sir ( i 1)- ^ 



then governor; and to Colonel \\ arinir, of the Ro\al Engineers, 



to whose family indeed, 1 am distantly related. >u ( .- 1) 



invited me to a ball, to 1 .eminent House the 



following evening; and Colonel Waring, as line an old ma: 

 ever served the king, shaking me heartily by the hand, and <i 

 verinn a family likeness, told me I had arrived at a most fortunate, 

 time, for that his daughter Emily would next week b united to 



Captain L of the Royal Navy. 



tv He's a noble fellow," said the colonel, "else he should not have 

 my girl; dine with us to-morrow, and you'll meet him, and stay 

 and sup with us; you must see Emily; and take care you don't 

 fall in love with her. v The injunction was necessary ; for never do 

 female charms appear so seductive, as when we know that they all 

 but belong to another; and Emily Waring wa> the only truly lovely 

 girl I have ever beheld. I will not attempt any description of her 

 countenance ; the most captivating is the most indescribable; and 

 of her figure I will only say, that to an almost infantine lightness, 

 were added those gracious concurs., that belong to maturer years. 



Captain L , I found all that the colonel had depicted him. 



Next evening, I went to the ball at the Government House; and 

 while Emily Waring was dancing with her betrothed, I chanced to 

 observe the eyes of a gentleman intently fixed upon the pair; he 

 was evidently deeply interested ; and in the expression of a very 

 handsome countenance, it was not difficult to discover, that the 

 most deadly jealousy was mingled with the most intense admiration. 

 " Who is that gentleman?" said I to a friend whom 1 had accident- 

 ally discovered among the officers of the garrison. "His name," said 

 he, in a whisper, " is Donovan; you have of course remarked that 

 his eyes constantly pursue the colonel's daughter and her partner j 



