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scattered in the grass like apples in an English orchard was both new and pleasing. On 
our return we noticed some fine old oak trees, with a beautiful fern (Davallia) growing 
from the chinks of their weather-worn bark. 
One of the favourite promenades and drives of the inhabitants of the “ Rock ” is the 
THE GOVERNOR^ COTTAGE AND O'HARA TOWER. 
fine carriage road which leads towards Europa Point, and, bending round, runs along the 
eastern face of the rock, past the Governor’s Cottage and O’Hara Tower. This road commands 
a wide view of the Bay of Algesiras, the Strait, the opposite African shore, and the 
distant Sierra Nevada. Outside the South Port is the Alameda or public garden, laid out 
CEUTA- SIERRA XIMERA. ]EBKL MUSA. 
THE OPPOSITE AFRICAN SHORE. 
with much taste, and kept in excellent order. Thither I went to enjoy a foretaste of the 
splendours of tropical vegetation, to breathe the balmy air of a more genial clime, or, in the 
cool of the evening, to watch the quivering sheen of the golden bridge which the moon cast 
across the Strait. 
The walls of the courtyard of Government House are adorned with two large 
