JOURNAL, &c. 



Monday^ ^6th September, 1831. — Having embarked 

 at London on the 6th of the present month, I this day 

 landed at Cadiz. I had here the good fortune to 

 meet with Dr. Wilson, an English gentleman, to whom 

 T had brought a letter of introduction ; and as he was 

 about to return to the house of his brother, an extensive 

 wine merchant of Xeres de la Frontera, I accepted his 

 invitation to accompany him to that place, on Wednesday 

 next. 



^^th September. — At three o'clock this day, I accord- 

 ingly joined Dr. Wilson in hiring a passage-boat to 

 cross the Bay of Cadiz, in order to avoid the delay of 

 the common ferry-boat. Port St. Mary's, the town at 

 which we disembarked, is chiefly occupied by persons 

 engaged in the wine trade, and from this place the Sherry 

 wines are shipped. It took an hour and half to cross 

 the bay, and another half hour to engage a calesa, and 

 forward our baggage ; after which, we proceeded on our 

 journey. For four or five miles out of Port St. Mary's, 

 the country consists of a coarse barren sandstone, 



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