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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



luxuriant tresses over lier brow 

 and head, was looped up with a 

 double diadem of jewels. Her 

 robe was splendidly embroidered ; 

 and on her breast she wore the 

 badges of the order of St. Cathe- 

 rine. And certainly it must be 

 acknowledged, that the star, whe- 

 ther of distinction or of beauty, 

 never shone brighter than on the 

 bosom of the fair Helen of the 

 North; for thus this beautiful 

 queen is generally distinguished ; 

 though, were I to give her a title, 

 it should rather be that of Andro- 

 mache, whose beauties, lovely as 

 they were, were yet transcended 

 by the more endearing graces of the 

 chaste wife and tender mother. 



During the whole of the even- 

 ing, after the musical salutation, 

 their majesties mingled with the 

 company, conversing with every 

 person with the kindest conde- 

 scension. Every citizen was spoken 

 to ; and their eyes sparkled with 

 joy, while their tongues faltered 

 cut a reply to the address of their 

 sovereign. His conversation with 

 the subjects of his brother in arms, 

 our revered monarch, was of the 

 most gratifying complexion ; no 

 coldness, no form ; all was frank, 

 great, and consistent with himself. 

 In short, it would have been im- 

 possible for any potentate to have 

 shown more graceful, knight-like 

 courtesy to all present ; or for a 

 sovereign to be received with deep- 

 er homage from a brave and loyal 

 people. In many courts I have 

 seen the body of loyalty ; here its 

 spirit was felt. 



Moors and Jews, 

 pic's Second 

 Spai7i.'] 



[From Sein- 

 Journey in 



Could we have reconciled our- 

 selves to the delay, and to the in- 

 sults to which we were exposed, if 

 we moved out alone, there was 

 every thing in the country sur- 

 rounding Tetuan to make our time 

 pass away agreeably. Sometimes 

 we crossed the river, and rode 

 along the narrow paths which in- 

 tersected the orange-gardens, 

 while the whole air was perfumed 

 with their blossoms. A small sum 

 procured us admission into any of 

 them, and the liberty of loading 

 ourselves with the fiuit. I found 

 the trees planted in rows, with 

 small trenches, to conduct the wa- 

 ter to the roots, exactly as in the 

 plantations near Palma, at the 

 junction of the Genii and Guadal- 

 quivir. Among these gardens, the 

 most celebrated is that of Kytan, 

 in the center of which are the ruins 

 of the palace of a basha, who for- 

 merly contended for some time 

 against the emperor of his day. 

 He had pretensions to the crown, 

 and was supported by the wild and 

 hardy race which still people the 

 neighbouring mountains ; but he 

 was unsuccessful, and his ruined 

 palace alone remains a memorial of 

 his fate. At every step we meet 

 with innumerable proofs of the 

 extreme ignorance of these people 

 in the art of war, and consequently 

 in almost every other art. This 

 palace, which stood a long siege, 

 is commanded by heights within 

 musket-shot. Yet the Moors have 

 a high idea of their own military 

 character. Talking to our soldier 

 one day, he expressed great hatred 

 of the French. We asked, why 



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