This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. On Monday, July 2nd, at four o'clock a.m., we. . arrived at Gibraltar. On account of quarantine, nobody was suffered to go ashore. The town of -. Gibraltar, situated at the base of an abrupt pro- . - .. montory at one end of an immense horse-shoe bend, presents a very beautiful appearance. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. On Monday, July 2nd, at four o'clock a.m., we. . arrived at Gibraltar. On account of quarantine, nobody was suffered to go ashore. The town of -. Gibraltar, situated at the base of an abrupt pro- . - .. montory at one end of an immense horse-shoe bend, presents a very beautiful appearance. This promontory rises boldly from the sea, and directly . opposite, on the African side, is another frowning and rugged precipice, both suggesting the idea that they had been by some violent convulsion torn asunder. It is easy to conceive that the two - countries were once joined, and if they were not separated by the might of Hercules, some equally . potent cause doubtless contributed to the severance. .The lofty ranges of mountains on both sides of the strait--which appeared much narrower than I had supposed it would--and the innumerable shipsentering and leaving the Mediterranean, presented a sight to be seen, perhaps, nowhere else in the world. My eye rested upon two continents at the same time-- the far-famed Pillars of Hercules. The rugged and bold sea-coast on the African side seemed to me grand and solemn. About ten o'clock a.m., we steamed away from Gibraltar. For several hours we kept near the coast of Spain on the left, and saw the high mountains of Granada, with their snow-covered tops glistening in the sunlight. We had scarcely lost sight of the Spanish territories when the elevated coast of Africa again appeared in sight, of the same height apparently as those on the opposite side. For several days we kept in sight of these mountain ranges, resembling gigantic stone fences erected for the purpose of effectually separating the habitation of Ham from that of Japheth. "God hath made of one blood all nations of...
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