Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-27

cause there are no really irst-class steamers On
that route. If there were, other advantages Of
going direct to Naples. Genoa, or Gibral;s'
could be made known to the public. ! am sure
the line would be well patrOnized. 1t Is @ 1uc-
pleasanter passage, especially in winter, than
the more northern routes; a long one. 20 be,
sure, but why should people travelling loi
health or pleasure be in haste 70 enter
port? Better take time to recover from
your sea-sickness (if you have thai
trouble) and enjoy the voyage afterwarl'
Even we. on the Victoria, with our TOO few luz
nries and too many Italians, saw with some
thing like regret the time approach when We mus.
leave her. Be it ever so humble, there Is 80
ship quite so near your heart as the one You sal
But we were not to leave her yet for four Or
five days more, though we were to lose hall o..
fellow passengers at Giibralter. On the evening
Of the 18th saw T2rifa light, on the Spanish
side, and Cape Spsrtel. or the African c3As-
What associations these names called up ID --g
minds of young Americans, to whom SPAN ---
Africa have been hitherto wonderlands hardy
having an existence out oH books. beyy-1
Spartel, Centa light next appeared then the s.-
light of Glbralta. We have entered the s-ri--s-
The steamer kept her course, with Sirius III
her rigging, until the red hight (by simple asl,
vice. changed to white, showing that she ga
passed a dangerous reef about mile III
shore. She then stood direct for the bay. A--
look, what is that irregularly built, stuoenlols
structure, all gloom above, its vast dim 0utlih5'
dark against the stars, but with its immea.5i
lower story filed with magic light, eulit.sl
through q thousand hay loCphoieS: L. Is ~
structure reared by human hands II is W.
Rock OF Gibraltar. with the lighted town a. -
base, altogether fairy spectacle as we run ~
by moonlight and drop anchor IN the bag. 49,.
The next day was Sunday, but thai dld ~.
prevent the steamer from taking IN coat TO- IN
huge hulk anchored about half q mis- Iiyt1Ii
shore. We were told that this was the o.
steamer Vanderbilt, which was presented o.
the commodore to our government IN war tll-s',
it was afterwards sold and put TO use here e ,
coaling station. Gibraltar having no "l=s'5ss
for the accommodation Of shipping, huIks "a
their place-great. black, dismantled o3les.,.
moored by their Clanking chains. The l-iyo.
appeared 70 be full Of them. Amid ll5'55
grimly picturesque floating battlenen- :, 81
between numerous ships and steamers a. a.
chor or under way. a launch took Us 70 anu =
10 O'Clock, with the rest of the day q 81
command for sightseeing. And day OF W w.
derful interest it was; too full, in fact OF ~
dent and enjoyment for any but Drief Inea--0-
IL here. ia
Twen.y-four hours after dropping anchor u
the bay steamed out OF it again; 81" -
white light of Europa Point change 70 req, a.
again TO white; and struck the rough. :ull0--9
waters Of the Mediterranean. -
The visit to Gibraltar proved an encourage
step in the education which Il was h0pel -
travel would give the girls. Their diaries -
letters, written during the remaining dats - -
board, were fall of il; and It was grasEyiL--s
surprise to find how much they had been en-. ~
to see and remember and describe. GaoFls--.
has literary term and the gift Of langlASs,
much was naturally expected OF her. bu1 -, 80
Estelle seemed suddenly 70 have CeSe-Ot5
powers of observation. and a straightiorEalI,..
manner Of telling things, which only The sIlfA--
lus of foreign scenes could have called OUT o.,
''They' II doi'' said the shepherd, plea5eC =
find how few OF their facts, and how sm2.
part Of their compositions; needed correcLioL5l,
yet somewhat chagrined to learn how ma.
things they had noticed which he had o's-
looked. ~
They had even taken the trouble to note doa.
the dimensions Of the Rock, two and guar,
miles long, from Europa Point on the SCUM , =
the Neutral Ground on the north (dlV-ll-e
England's power from SPAIN, and three-quAs
tiers Of mile broad, between Gibraltar oay - p.
the Mediterranean; a mountain, nearly y -
high They were sure TO be interested an -. "a
monkeys that inhabit the lofty caves and C4e-s
of its PERCEPTIONS sides, though they did nos -
any; and 70 be impressed with the fabulous -
Of a secret passage under the Straits tonly 80
or eight miles broaa!) by which those wonaellsjr
animals are said 20 cross at will, between NJ -
Businesses, In the most southern point -
Europe, and Apes Hill in Africa. The 90