The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-25
ViEEMANS WANDEBlNGS
N THE BALEARlc ISLANDS,.

Americans
,o.,,r,aht. isa2 by Edgar l. wakcman.l
r.,A Maiorca. Jan. EN- these days
....,,s and swift steamers plying be-
r,oiaad and al Mediterranean
,tf. iif a VOYAGE x two nights and
M f-,r, Gibraltar % the city Of Palma,
....t,l Of the spanish dependency and
,e.r.s 81 Ba.earca comprising the Bal
. islands. or II you are wintering in
.t.s.tcru Spain, You may journey in a
....t r-m Valencia or Barcelona 70 this
Eek. visited and most beautiful OF all
tt.Iterancan regions.
,..- steamer is seldom out Of sight Of
49,. fnre or tiny Mediterranean craft
...rsi always consciousness Of pleas
...rness t0 other human interests and
-...t and rcstful sense of companionship
....t.Is great lanjlOcked sea, although
s... longer chan the Atlantic is broad be
-....n Newfoundland and Ireland, l have
-.r known or felt upon other seas. How
,..- traachcrous tho Mediterranean has
han 90 others. have never seen it's face
..rsfn IT'S biandest, sweetest mood; when
r. s,ies were fair, the sunshine above IL
r sni loving, its airs zephyrus and
lmfll. and It's face rs blue and smiling
..rr.t Of june day heaven.
q a too. before the tropic night settles
s..r upon sea and land like % periumed'
Translucent cloud OF darkening pearl,
t.r s., spread before you such q reach OF
r- and glorious coast hne-the real
.tts coral strand" Of transcendent
-r and not the dread coast of the old
ary hymn-as renders true pictur-
ossihle. the whole changeiul pano
ro headl8nd, beach, forest, glitterine
and noble bay, backed along the
southern horizon by the eternal
n. O.. the Atlas heights, which even un
t.-t.a.c suns soar above the clouds TO the
n >.enccs. ghostly and phant0miul
al. t...r crowns Of snow and ice.
very ar upon this sea is OdOr0us as
ssh. .hrme and balm. The fancy quick
.. lr tradition and oriental mysticisms,
f.. worir1rs creations surprising the
mt most fabulous tales OF the
Nights" Snug in steamer
ua lines and dreams. Subtle
from lotus flowers mingled
.lt.r rose affairs touch the sense
BIND n sleep The deck stewards
mast o. eriy enthralled. for you are
r.rr disturbed, as on the Atlantic
Irl trough all the caressful night.
r..t.rs grow and glow above and
p.csplorescent sea pulses and
l.-... .a nile flames beneath. YOU neal
........s.f haven of this radiant. stor;ed
r. ma +.a e,n ia RISING between the
..... t.l4f crimson and the ava kening
.-r-. .r,riur on the gentle tide hun
..r strange ana curious craft, o wild
r omerate of the marine architecture
I'D. Mediterranean. their yellow spars
I.ta moment since like giant reeds above
t. rlo.minr Of shalowy marsh, now
rrrI from tio t0s0c-et with the glorious
.r..l+. which hints in its playup thcn
....l. or...--s of the far lands where THEN
I.rs lnvare Die yyhile far ont on the wa
e.. f..f,.- r.,,fi,g Game Firpe~s ba
..l ,..... d.. r,or,ir, aaat of fshc,
I..t. +,.i~...,.o ~ e,.arv s+ri,irr bue and
. .......f .i. esto-s etoolino across fine
-...,.. g.. f..,.t I.,t ,,.i.,.lio,s ,l.-tb-,
r... and tlsrs o,o ,f,iri-ish vessels with
.l...,...s... ..,l. ...,,,..o l,,;l. forl
..s. l.l.....5t,l.,,s H. c.l,fo soo~.s
-.... -f.....-.. f,l,,.,as r-o,, oct. AVID The
r..-. ..r...ls fl'. cl.beos of tba Arab.
....l.. t1......l ,.-co+ hoate ~ +be oi5on
-..f.. Do l,., in The wafer roundabout.
...l.l. ....l cr.ei- ar Arab eaiiors
......f. ....l ,,,t hro,yn If face vivid.
..... -,il.,il,,,s dow. If psros.o
..l l...l me o,,,ir+a- tbo, all
o. -...,.. .l5 t,bs from Chioggia and
r. .... tL, conn. hf-,b ,~o,gs and
.-I.1t, b,.1,,.,,f era p,o.s
...L 49,. ~ ,r,,,.,,,o. ..,.l
.......i. ,-... ,,l AMI Win. IF tss
XIII. .t ,-.ls.....''. "a ~, -bo lor,, IA
.. ........l 49,. 60. - +l,. Wv.
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.. f,.. - o,.,l and ,,oril at en-
..l .,... f..,,.. tl,. sIinir, cen and
,..... l..-l..', ..s.,. ,i.o. from, the shore
i-. ......f,,lf, dian. Naple-. as fair as All.
tropical in type and seeming as
Havana. Che amulitheaterlike city of Pal
r.. ono. the BRIGHTEST pearl of the seagirt
i. sim stately silent beautiful. with
and Tint of fbs Orient in its pinnacles
t.. narets its doueshaped belfries and
i weird and shalowy palms. Lovingly
.empatius the exquisite picture, its
lnantic history, old and new, hutters
tu thehidingp' of memory and troop
and distinct into your musings; even
morning doves of Palma sweep from
l thousand shado"y homing inches Of
.,aa-slve cathedral, and aighding upon
.f,ss peak, hal'lemenl and spire' form
o-al siinoaettes oil FURNISHED pnce
-- ...r ~ .il-1 me eastern SKY
%. me 'ly 1n,e Gays come Ora ~, olu
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