PART IV. 

 VEGETATION 



OF THE 



NEIGHBOURHOOD OF GIBRALTAR. 



THE botanist, after having examined the rock and 

 its immediate vicinity, will doubtless feel inclined to 

 proceed further into Andalusia, where a richer and 

 a more extensive field awaits him. On passing the 

 boundaries of the neutral-ground, he enters the Spa- 

 nish territory, where he will meet with customs and 

 manners totally different from those he has been 

 accustomed to see in Gibraltar. The Spanish pea- 

 santry, with whom the stranger must necessarily 

 come in contact during his tours, is a manageable 

 race, though report has made them to appear in 

 an unfavourable light. They are, of course, like all 

 their countrymen, easily irritated ; but none are more 

 influenced by civility and kind words than the Anda- 

 lusian mountaineers. A cigar or cigaritto will obtain 

 a courteous reception for the stranger which even the 

 usual salutation of " Vaya vm con Dios" may fail to 

 procure him ; therefore the botanist will not do wrong 



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