Stay from the 20th to the 30th 

 May, 1857. 



Political Significance of the Rock. — Courtesy of the British 

 Authorities. — Fortifications. — Signal Stations. — The only 

 place in Europe frequented by Monkej's. — Calcareous 

 Caves. — Chief Entrances into the Towti. — Shutting the 

 Town Gates. — Public Establishments. — Inhabitants. — 

 Elhott's Gai-clens. — The Isthmus, or Neutral Ground. — 

 Algezu-as. — Ceuta. — Commerce and Navigation. — Excel- 

 lent regulation in the EngHsh Navy relative to Officers' 

 Outfit. — Small-pox appears on Board the Caroline. — De- 

 parture from Gibraltar. — A Fata Morgana. — The Novara 

 passes the Straits. — Take leave of Europe. — Voyage to 

 Madeu-a. — Floating Bottles to ascertain the Currents. — 

 Arrival in the Roads of Funchal. 



This remarkable promontory, which in our days 

 has obtained so much political importance, the 

 Calpe of the ancients, constituted of old, with 

 the opposite Abyla,* the so-called pillars of Her- 

 cules, celebrated, at the same time, as the bound- 

 ary of the then-known world. It derives its name 

 from the corrupted Arabic G^eSeZ (mountain) and 

 Tarik, the name of a Moorish conqueror, 

 who had pitched his camp here (a. d. 711 ). 



* The present Apes Hill. 



