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had a strong head-wind all the way, with 
a short sea, which drenched us with spray. 
The instant our anchor was let go one of our 
nine-pounders was fired to give notice of our 
arrival. As I had been too much interested 
in this part of the voyage to leave the deck, 
I was now glad to sleep for a few hours, and 
in the morning I found that we were lying 
close to a pier, called “ the New Mole.” 
This is a considerable distance from the 
town of Gibraltar, of which we can see very 
little, therefore my observations on this most 
interesting place will be comprised in a very 
few words. 
This celebrated “ rock” is about fourteen 
hundred feet above the level of the sea, and 
towards the east is nearly, if not quite, per¬ 
pendicular. The town is situated on the 
western side, where there appears to be a 
considerable tract of nearly level ground. 
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