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in good forwardnefs, having gained above 200 yards of the fea, 
in order to the making a good and fafe harbour for fhips to 
ride in. Old "Tangier lies ac fome fmall diflance, and there 
they find very frequently in digging, feveral pieces of i^o;z7^« 
coin. Sept. 13, we weighed out of Tangier, and turned into 
the Streights ; the diflance between Gibraltar ( which gives 
name to the Streights^ and which is joined to the continent of 
Spain by a narrow ifthmus) and Ceutay a well built and ftrongly 
fortified town, lying under the hill Alyhe^ fo called by the 
Greeks, and by leamen commonly j4peS'hilh from the number 
of apes that ufed formerly to haunt there, may be about fix 
leagues, tho' both lands lying very high ( for we faw the clouds 
niuch below them) it does not appear in the middle of the 
current, from a tall ihip, fcarcely half fo broad; it is atthefe 
places, Hercules is feigned to have fet up his pillars. Sept. 15, 
there was a great mill; all over the fea, fo that we could Icarce- 
ly fee three lengths of the fhip, but it began to vaniih in the 
afternoon, and then we delcried the cape of Malaga, at about 
four leagues dillance ; this city lies under a high hill, and is 
the feat of a bifhop. Sept. i5, the next morning we weighed 
from Malaga ro3i^, the weather very hot; in the evening the 
fea being calm, we faw a great number of tortoifes fwimming 
above water, feveral bottle-noies, a fifh of about three yards 
in length, and very thick, and hawks flying over to the Sar- 
Ipary co^Hj the hiWsof Granada were plainly feen, tho' at a 
great diftance. Sept. 25, between 5 and 4 o'clock in the 
morning, the tornado's began to blow, and the wind was violent 
for the time, with fuch continued flafhes of lightning for feve- 
ral hours, as that the whole fky feemed to be on fire, inter- 
mixed with dreadful claps of thunder, after which there were 
great ihowers of rain. Sept. 29, at noon we made the ifland 
of Afajorca, fituated over-agamft the kingdom of Valentia^ 
we landed within the Mole-^ the walk upon it is about four 
or five yards broad, at the extremity of which is a very large 
and ftarely gate, which leads into the city; we went into the 
great church, which is fomewhat wider than Weftviinfter Abheyy 
but darkifh within; the portal is very magnificent, adorned 
with feveral marble ftatues in niches, one over another; the 
high altar was very plain, and unadorned; but there were 
others extraordinary rich and glorious ; not far from the city 
are feveral mills to grind their olives, oil being the great com- 
modity of the ifland. 0(5?. 2, next morning we weighed 
anchor, and failed all along in fight of the ifland, which pre- 
fented 
