FISHING AT GIBRALTAE. 125 



riSHIIS"G AT GIBEALTAE. 



Dear old Gibraltar, much as thou art frequently 

 railed at, I believ^e the faults are more imaginary 

 than real. Englishmen are grumblers proverbially 

 and truly, more particularly the untraveled speci- 

 mens. Transport them once away from native soil, 

 and nothing that they see or make use of is equal 

 to what is to be had at home. I am almost inclined 

 to believe that there is a spirit of discontent in tlie 

 breed, for our cousins across the Atlantic, although 

 to a less degree, are strongly pregnated with the 

 same peculiarity. Why is it that you seldom find 

 one who is doing garrison duty at Gibraltar who does 

 not sigh for change ; true ! you, if a subaltern, have 

 more guards to keep, and in the cool season an 

 overplus of brigade days, still you have your hounds, 

 who, although they do not kill wlienever they meet, 

 afford plenty of fun ; you haA^e numerous pretty 

 rides open to you into Spain, and if a fisherman or 

 shot, sport can both be obtained in the bay and 



