New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-07

of the island itself But James the Conou...
concentrated his victory by remaining II 'w
of course II has been Palma ever since r
courtva-ds and entrances of the h0uses a, ne
PALMA nobility at once attract notice tn e
lars Of granite or rare marble. with eleosp".'
cauitals the cOonnadeS. the noble stone ss sa'
cases with wrought iron handrails. the chisaIa,
balconies and the elaborate coats-of arms wtaa
confront the stranger when he steps a nae cn
two out Of the street INTO one or these low No.,
vestbules. are sure To impress him. Here anS
there too in the more unsavory quarters ~ m
town one may find old churches. some dses,sI
lished and some still in use. with architec,u,s,
details that might fifty be described in Mr. D.
kin's prose. but by no inferior writer IN
Church OF II. Francisco is one II these veneraM
buildings. The c!OSters. too, Of the adiace,,
monastery are infinitely beautiful: and ona ~
nor likely to undervalue their beauty hecol
NOWADAYS one sees them in juytaposition MIR
several score cOnvictS from the mainland wb
are sent to Palma for incarceration and yS
lounge about these graceful columns when thu
are not at their enforced labor Of shoematins
matchmaking or other industry. Again US,
ore has trayersed the city in all directions ara
passed outside IL by one or other Of the heay-
portals which pierce its high f1rtiiicati0ns ,h
telling of novelty is as strong as eyer Tn
great rampIrts may be much debilitated h
tirle and neglect. and the guns which lean mo-
them utterly worthless for modern Defensive
purposes. but the mind cares nothing abou,
that IT IS enough that Tie old city is the mors
picturesque for its ancient mural girde .n1
that the outlook from it across the green naia
tcemng with the results # It's fertility and cara
ful cultivation IS made The more piluant for N.
sombre cOlCr Of these great. pretentious ram
.arts.
DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS
Internally. the island may be divided with faI,
precision into two parts the mountainous sec
ton in the west. ard the great plains Of Tho
XII. lie. md ha ID,I.
emily at the intersection If both these districts
toward the south. \ railway run. north from
the capital almost 10 the coast anI east also
but the mountains ar" left 10 themselves and
the villages among them ara all the more inter
estng for their isolation The plain country /,
extremely fertile The eye almost tires Of the
mOnotOny Of its grain fields its olive groves A,
ard almond trees. But the white villages Zach
with its old church IN the midst % the houses
and its row Of Wndns on any little eminencs
in the ncighb0ThOCd are SOM relief 70 the uni
verSai grpencry. Among the mountains on the
other hand. one iinis the most absolute sterility
save IN the glenS and hOllDws. Where they rise
To- their loftcst in the northwest round the htti
peak Of PUG Mayor the white rocks croo
through their SIDES with a consistency that
makes one marvel how even the rare pines upjn
them IN these paris can find footing. S0mebf
the defiies and valleys among he mountains Are
very fascinating. The woods ~ lex and wild
oiyr descend sharply on either hand tumblng
stream frcts below in a bed that hardly holds
it, and the traveller. either af0)t or one Of
the ASSES which are here the most seryceable
beasts OF burden. follows a track that is often
aprlllingly narrow and with n prrcipice upon
the one side hundreds OF feet in depth almost
perpendicular. Tho moss on The trees. the va.
ri.ty II foliage. the cleavage OF the rocks. and
their striking angularty make The scenery quit
A paradise for an artist in spring when there
thu, added element Of water in every glen.
II may hr asked Il the island is healthy. and
il is possible 10 BE- fed and lodged IN IT in a.
,rturabe manner. In summer ~ course NJ
jorca is likely 10 De hot but in winter and Spin.
il ~ as healthy and save for its lIck Il gayeiy
quite as pleasant as the Riviera itself The az
- then delicious some say II Is a little relaxing
Tho writer speaks for himself when he SAYS
that except IN Palma On very not day. he q.
not find II 81. There Is. however rather to
much variation between day and night temper
lures e. make the islands IDEAL health res9n
As for the accommodation. IL is Spanish 10 ,
core And yet the MajorcanS are 80 clean
their domestic arrange mentS that one can n
give them much If that irritating nonchaIc
W hich leads them To pay the usual lbetr
slights t. the stomach ~ the tray eller. II 81
maxim in Spanish lands To eat AMI drink VIII :
you may: for 1t is impossible To say when n+
You will get the chance This ruiz holds scH I
tn some extent in the Bacarics. But. as cous |
terpOse. il may be r"ckoned no slight boon tina /
here As in the most ursophisticatei parts Of IN |
Spanish mainland. men and women rate ciyliV |
above money and DO not w"lcpm" 1 strange
Only that they may pick his pockets