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INTRODUCTION. 



of the Guadalmalcil, halfway on the road between Tarifa and 

 Algeciraz, is also very beautiful ; but the Garganta del Helecho 

 (Valley of the Ferns), south-west of Pulverilla, is perhaps the 

 best for shrubs, flowers, and ferns. The " Waterfall " valley, 

 near Algeciraz (la Garganta del Aguila), is tamer than any ; but 

 above the cascades or waterfalls it improves on acquaintance. 

 This ravine, however, is well know T n to every one who has been 

 at Gibraltar as the regular rendezvous for picnics, the very 

 name of which is enough to destroy any merits that the scenery 

 may possess. Towards Tarifa and beyond, on the road to Vejer, 

 the country is not so pretty, opening out near Facinas to the vega 



TEBEACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN BAETOLOM^. 



of the Laguna de la Janda ; thence cultivated ground, or 

 campina, stretches away to Medina Sidonia and on to Jerez. 

 On the right and left of this road, however, are three isolated 

 rocky ranges those of la Sierra de San Bartolome and la Sierra 

 de la Plata being to the left, that of la Sierra de Enmedio to the 



