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of Granada in sight, which presented a grand 

 spectacle when illuminated in the evening by the 

 lightning. The wind had abated, and we could 

 enjoy for some days the sight of the lovely green 

 valleys, adorned with numerous villages and ham- 

 lets, extending from the sea towards the mountains. 

 We were particularly delighted with the view of 

 Velez Malaga, in the vicinity of which we could 

 distinguish an aqueduct, and the road of Gibraltar 

 winding through the mountains and pleasant gar- 

 dens, in which the vine that produces the sweet 

 and strong wine is planted near the olive. Variable 

 faint winds brought us gradually forward, till on 

 the 11th of May we descried the long-extended 

 chain of Morabella, and at length were carried by 

 a rather brisker wind, on the 12th of May at noon, 

 into the bay of Gibraltar, where, amidst the thun- 

 der of the cannon, we happily cast anchor in 

 safety. 



NOTES TO CHAPTER II. 



Note 1. 



The plants which we observed about Pola, besides 

 those ah-eady specified, are — Poa annua, trivialis; Bro- 

 mus tectorum, sterilis ; Hordeum murinum ; Carex exteyisa.^ 

 capillaris ; Scirpus romarius ; Ophrys fuciflora. Arachnites ; 

 Asparagus aadifolius ; Smilax aspera ; Ruscus Hypophyl- 

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