New-York tribune., 1841-05-04
By AN AMERICAN LADY.

No H.. GiBa,Lr,R, Fell D. i5il.
As the Nnd are unfa ,oabc for my passage the Moorish
Coa. give you glance the forhcatons herc-"hch,
after all description do justice 10 Galleries scooPed
out of the solid no@tain batteries pcrched dizzy plat
forms; covered WAYS now wndNg in zg-zag up the steep
face of the rocL-ihen dashng down steps that nearly
perpendicular as steps be-sorcncs lost IN The long
sbcrranean passages only lighted by portfolios cut through
the solid rock and again emerging, green ban III the
glorious su.shne-a little nook perhaps cnrpctcd with thick
short grass and walled in By rough trowing cs or other
batteries yet bright and tranquil that all the paeaniry OF
iron war seemed placed there in ornamental contrast rather
than for actual use.
In GOOD season. bur quite early had appointed
our party set Out Three of waked;he fourth poet,
ONLY he would rcYer take the trouble WRITE some one
said of im-was horseback, attended by servant one
of those scorpion Englshmen who coxld hardly PoaN the
language We rallied Mr.. n. his arisiocacy when We
first set out in taking orse-a donkey was the only quad
rupc that in Gibraltar thought have TASTE for the
mili,ar, WAYS we were about entering on-and in any
case much was be that was too hard even Tor
d,nkcy Still the surprising labor that has been devoted to
the purpose has enabled horses to attain the summit OF
the noun,ain propcr-ougE exactly tine highest peak
Az an archcd gateway the old Moorish castle we found
crrcan, in The livery of sovereign lady Victoria who 70:
considerations very willing perform the duty assigned
hin,-,l,at of conducting through the excavations
Passing along covered way. winch was road sunk
down 50 far below tho surface hide those in ii from the
observation of any one few rods oil, we came TO gate N
tho "a. Of me mountain Our sergeant unlocked
this ard we entered gallery some twelve feet WIDE ana as
many hsb On the left in due succession several en-
Some Of these were nolcratc-sizcd rooms others
mere, holes according the distance Of the passage from
ol,oll rcd pIty .pei.
IN ,,rI, OF these c,gbrasurcs a cannon.
IT,, ,,cr,urcs in the face Of the rock the Only cyi
crc Of military strength that the outside OF that
of ,,, mountain. Our friend Mr. n, kept his horse
,o,, the first aud most of the second gacry-osca-
ionay disnoun;ing lsok down from The coFa'uFe 'Vo
~ co0 f,ct pcrpendicuarly into the Bay that " brightly
dorlIy beautifully blue, laved the base OF Inc mountain
J., nor l,o,y whether the quotation is correct, as have
talent for getting them wrong but am sure the ue'P'''
j. The dav was calm, and the ranls "a'cfS were o'
=, =, mirror AT the termination ot the hFS coNercu way
o, terrace had been converted into battery Nothing
could be ncater than the wcNeP' gunSSie stone
.,,,or,cd Ike carrages-,hc welbui stone wall their
ruzzcs silly recpcd ovcr-ihe msh pyramid u
ll;h3 ,,y cyes much more than ali that, the greer
sward that filed up the rest OF the mario" Sinee i w.
50 sill and retired, that one was almost Pe'ua" ''
engines of war had got here 'y some a'''' '"'' -
r.S,oon
s,o,b.r covered way and another cutlery nearly hall
., - lno,b with the grim display OF cannon led Us
m 10 the vicinity other batteries at an elevation Of 'VO
fI., above the sea We stepped OFT at one place on
,,,I nl,,e,rn Of rock few feet in diameter point OF
J., front. round which very narrow balcony
nc course we all made the circuit-no' TOR any pau-a
-, ,,, because all travellers feel bound 10 crowd as
.,,, e,,o and Inconvenience day as possible a
s;r staircase. comu,odious enough, but very dark, ana
vnl;n, ,v. the inside Of well large scale Il can
,bl Of no,bin, els, Ike m led nto the heart OF the
r.., .oon, 10 us But as usual, were only lev
lee, from, the face though several hundred above the water
AID great depth below the suraee-oE you understand
hope tina, we have been r,ing the side of the steep and
gradually ascending with only much OF the rock between
rs md the iny as those who planned tins system OF tcha