, 1876-02-06

tboncht that we had made q good voyage.
safely landed 1T Cadiz-which. BY the way, 1s
tho ancient Gades OF which Horace speaks land
in no yery complimentary terms) in his ODE to
septimius,-the next thing to be done was to
dacido on the most agreeable route
to Seville; for that Was tho point
to which our journeying was directed we
had our choice OF trip thither wholly by "ater'
wholly bv land, or by 3 judicous use OF both
thcae elements. After duo discussion, pro and
con. among the members Of our little party, we
cane back to our first proposition. and deter
mined to ascend the Guadalqulver.
Fight hours steaming, at the then satisfactory
rare at about 10 miles to the hour, brought us
to the 1anding- -place, near the Zorro del oro
cTower Of Gold); whence, after submitting our
luggage to the rather minute inspection OF some
ycry inquistige gentlemen IN Government en-
ploy. We straightway hied US to the Fonda de ID
Rayna. in the Gale do Jimioa, where We took our
ease in our inn.
"Quien no ha vtsto = sevil1a,
No La ytsto maravil}a,
is IN old spanish distich, which may be rendered
into English thus:
He who has not ut Seville been,
- Has not be sure, wonder seen.
Due allowance must, of course, be made Tor
Anda1usian erandiloouence; but, indeed, Seville
ia a place Of great attractions, scenic as we'll as
historic: and the i'm pressions which the lntell1-
gent visitor receives there, while they cannot
fail to be agreeable, are always sure to be last
Ing AIN a,ta ~ tho
foundation Of this venerable city, are lost in the
obscurity of far remote antiqulty.-lts origin
being attributed to no loss heroic person.
age Than Hercules himself. lts very name
mas neen tne suues o,yavar w. ~ ba ac1eed IN all
sealsn. 49, ~ tne torD xras 1t first Phnniciau
n4.lsaat c.1Iad Hi,nal which the Greeks. in
setllel1ent eaieo u.a1pn1s Ip' tha Romans tn His
n.1;1 ,hn HIoora aeain. during their possession
paus' hno a1on a5anr, ;6to tahiti. from
o. .na1 Phi ~ H. Sih,1ia and later sill
Mucu aass s. sao taIh aasv and rafionsi. Il is
cert ~ that the city was captured some forty
eelta1n Iu1s hsfora ths ?Tistian ana under
4sn @ ~ 80. a.y rbo ,a1acted It for Tho sits of a
yu4us La.aat, S"y g,s,;ca snd cansed It to be in
tau eau ~ I ,s.i,s =. ofte7warls becsme the Capi-
~ ~ iha Go,hs and 20 remained until the
s,1tn cen.u.s, ,,,,t ~ Tho nnora central situation
10000, " acc1ns t.as.,,ootl " @ ,.;a1da5 aftor
OF Tue !Asse.. - - ao1srasa ~ 1ha Noora whosa
solne"nAe et4ouot4 na5ar;a1s ~, tha C,nda1nta
s1ctots uaei stoxs DuH ~ +h,t nart ~ Sna,n. and
made tnea masters VI .uas pais ~ oeansnrs
eontnueo suo!s:s ~ suoe aeaTt,,rnad IN tha th;T.
nntn Lneu ILL., "a - .ao;n assumed ,ba Iiio.
teentn century, "uen ,;S' - :. rat";nad IN cnn.
nily Q! e1paa sr'icanco III tia removal of the
Court to Valladolid by Charles the Fifth.
Tbe great discovery Of Columbus in it's time.
restored the city to more than its former spIen-
dor. for it soon became the commercial en-
norium for the golden possessons in America,
rnd the residence of merchaDt-princes. both
native and foreign. The wealth Of the place
continued almost unabated until the more
Terent inyasion OF the French when the
roM rondee;ra .most without blow, was laid at tho
faet of fhe yictorious South,-durIDs the short
ne1iod Of whose possession, plunder aud wAnton
iest1nction reigned suprome, and from whose