By Sea and Land 



got ready, and we prepared to do something romantic, upon 

 the corsair model, in the Mediterranean." 



" But where have you left the yacht ? " 



" Why, if it had been possible, I ought to have landed 

 my Princess Dorothea-Micomicoma at Osuna ; but as 

 Osuna is among the inland mountains, it could not be 

 accomplished. After we had seen Lisbon, and Cadiz, and 

 Gibraltar, we put in, in stress of weather, into the deep- 

 sheltered rock-basin of Carthagena. Here we went ashore ; 

 and Johnny was so struck with the gay costumes — which are 

 certainly more picturesque there than anywhere else, — that 

 she must needs get fitted out, as you see, in all the colours of 

 the rainbow ; and a nice respectable dress it is for an amiable, 

 interesting young gentleman of sober taste and discretion. 

 Well ! after a masquerade or so in the little cabin, with 

 myself and the cracked looking-glass for audience, she was 

 so much delighted with herself, that she thought it a pity 

 not to exhibit herself to all the Spains ; so I was forced to 

 buy a couple of mules, and we have been on the tramp ever 



since." 



So far from taking the part of this cruel and perverse 

 husband, we very much applauded what Lady Jane had 

 done, and inquired if the expedition had proved satisfactory. 

 She said it was charming, and she was quite ready to ride 

 all over the world. They had ridden by Murcia, Lorca, and 

 Guadix to Granada. 



" The principal romance of the journey was at Baza, 

 where the posadero's pretty daughter made most serious 

 love to Master Johnny, so that the young lady's novio was 

 terribly jealous, and I thought there would have been blood- 

 shed ; for, though you would hardly imagine it of the young 

 man, now he is so mild and modest, after being found out, 

 he then, when his imposture was unsuspected, played the 



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