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tury old. Dad one hundred years myth is not much 
Oe ay te 
rhe aps, be of use to ined to remind them 
dai the great American Aloe ve americana) is 
nota true Aloe. The Agave belongs to the Amaryllis 
a nat ive of America, 
; the middle consist 
- It seems to suffer 
MIS: rots the plant. The flowering 
Ат ches are very gracefully 
. АП dry southern localities 
LUE uice 
that it is someti : feed 
on the bruise It is E. Aes Ao ык 
in places like Mexico, for in ey ma 
wine and a strong spirit fon it called. ** Mesca |>» 
which intoxicates, like  grain-prepared spirit. 
“ Pulque," or Mexi n beer, is made oy the heart 
of the plant, It is set to ferment, bu n gets aci 
ts 
rom the oil in it ; бег the natives like it in this 
condition ay: The fibres of the Agave are 
FIG, 118.—HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, GUERNSEY, THE RESIDENCE OF VICTOR HUGO, 
ye must not dwell on these, but only allude to one 
es Travailleurs g Ja Mer—published in 1866, and 
de did d, as the 
uernsey, severe and 
probable tomb." 
kindly TE address ied 
is very s 
т, but he will] be remem- 
4 "be: 
ve conceived +? idea of the 
s pla ? Who 
eoe e incessant cupo of life 
with material obsta 
n gale ery overlooking. the garden southwards at 
eight, was t wW 
ik Toiler- of t the de 
the t: Job of the tarte di his precipitous nest wit» 
nessed that fearfully depicted ©“ те — 
d nud and naught but the sea remained," as the 
ssel itself was effaced below the horizon. Thos. C. 
Bri thaut, 
Foreign Correspondence, 
A LAND OF GARDENS: Alicante, Province of 
Murcia.—The province of Murcia, containing some- 
what less than 2000 square miles of thinly-populated 
hill and dale, is one of the least visited, but most inte- 
resting in a country where every district teems with 
interest to the student of Nature or omen ature, 
Lying along the shores of the languid М ean, 
sheltered on every side by natural io of rock and 
hill, its climat 
niards of the adjoining provinces it is held 
in contempt. Yet, in the rich Awerfas or irrigated 
(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY M. ARSENE GARNIER.) 
ios that skirt the — Ќе from Albacete to the 
useful for cord hich mci н — : I ore, ма with i vei Jaths үр» ee ps on the A anat d CE — 
О r nsurable winds," ‘и iqui ous, moving | e -named ; 
feet hi exhibited, a tag CAE e gren è atmospheric tide” through the livid | the ссе рана a with татыр | = 
hee k sd some considerably taller than these Mens ир» — the expectant horror A | = i оз, ЖЕ a w — ; and in the 
ауе bloom > certain oceanic d the wayfarer bruises ; 
Mr than is generally thought, and might succeed сун t dwelt th € eat Ч frewar E and Siar, Cabin” | — districts in — — C ia, 
we in t t 1 1n. о: тіѕега! РА и x А | Qt à ^ 5 
Victor РУ оце, un tall plant adds much to deti (wit o vmm re tribution ) by. i | will find — ma studies more than repaid. 
the interest of th en, while its ie i | heroic ic sailor who, on his return, is so isap утас уну ш Hen of the a — 
ersect oy of the te with considerable e | poi h — nit ME bed scenery. nature 
is i ity | Behin d, extends the road to St. Sampson's, where | 
80 hito oss associ uei eges b doof c wit ive | reser «of the divine smile, the white skin and | from the wild, s far-stretehing, "gera eoo — 
of value, А а see 50 е at of “ Gari- | auburn hair,” dwelt, an nd, on the snowy оа т wrote | of La gerit cepa wr T тана 
i,” а t n. | conscious o ri ә 
эз P by imis carvings d "e | Here aiso Сату, due mica ча а, "the succe mal | dresses, devoid of gra uty, of the тра атат 
salon rouge, or chi Aes iss "m historia | low Below us, uite near is Havelet, whence | yield to the picturesque white ra ien ? ы 
бугы Saber ieri room, th lies thë ЙЕ | Gilliat mournfully s the pair who had been | waistband, lle f and ; - egs wi e 
à- manger, adorned with antique pott йе above | just married in the old church by the dean with the | opera oed rey = hes се 
пй, "E E = mme Pie pir | strange mame, is the rock with the Celtic м. аганы | prevailing colour. sd Al е, а town vs 
whence have emanated all those marvellows works | from which Gilliat бабамі e rà | € — fue. d. uui cie alla 
here ince nicae sec same cem im е -— e ean on an diminished was | spreading and bratretdbiag cultivated valles inter- 
