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Jews and Armenians ; military are to be met with in 

 various uniforms ; then the contrabandistas, with their 

 brilliant costumes, and the women of Gibraltar in their 

 scarlet cloaks with black borders. Everything here bears 

 the stamp of order and neatness which characterises the 

 English. The streets are taken care of and well lighted ; 

 the promenades are well gravelled and planted with trees ; 

 the small houses (of a single story) seem, from their situa- 

 tion and furniture, to have been transported from the banks 

 of the Thames. It was necessary to make some effort to 

 persuade myself that I was not the dupe of an illusion, 

 and that only a few steps separated me from that Spain to 

 which Gibraltar bears so slight a resemblance. The town 

 is not large ; the rock confines it so, that there are but 

 two streets, the rest being only lanes on the declivity of 

 the mountain. The sea-shore is defended by parapets and 

 numerous batteries, which command the whole bay. San 

 Roque, in the distance, crowns a barren eminence ; oppo- 

 site are seen the white houses of Algeciras ; and at the 

 entrance of the straits are distinguished the rocks of La 

 Punta del Carnero, which a rough sea always seems to 

 move. Impatient to see the whole extent of this little 

 English colony, I went through the south-port gate, and 

 soon arrived at a well-gravelled space (the Alameda), 

 which serves also for exercising the troops. All around 

 are walks planted with exotic trees, of which the most 

 common is the Phytolacca dioica. The masses of green 

 were formed by a number of Pelargoniums, which grow 

 here as luxuriantly as at the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 among which are found several shrubs of the country. 

 From thence I bent my steps to Europa-point, by a road 

 shaded nearly the whole way, and winding beneath over- 

 hanging rocks. I passed by charming country-houses, 

 situated in the shades of orange and fig-trees, surrounded 

 by flower-gardens, and where English industry had found 



