The Republican journal., 1900-02-15
From Cadiz to Seville.
u, Railway Along the Banks of the Quad
,I.ni,ir. The Famous Fisheries. God
.I Meat and Satan Sends Cooks

Special Correspondence of The Journal
SEVILLE, SPAIN. Jan. 9, 1900. 1t sounds
.r-leruian, but is nevertheless true, that
.ls most interesting things in Cadiz are
.,.3 as exemplified in the fisheries and
,fr vine trade. The best way to get a
.-.apt idea of the former is to turn fish
..u.4n Yourself, and learn from practical
.>rpueuee rather than from records of
,f.- ..iluual catch. First to the old sea-
ss " here a motley crowd sits all day
with legs hanging over, angling with
consistency that their patience has
.->-l uto proverb familiar throughout
"'6 pdciencid de nm pescddor de
some of the very best fish in the
. including the ceie brated salmonete,
W muIlet, the ''Saint Peter" the
u-u-. The cold Head are waiting by
.4r3s to be hauled up at the end of a
ugliug from a cane stalk. At any
70 fishing from the ramparts of
>1mething you should not miss
much for the fish as for the novel
nee. he January sun, which in
lde is ike that of northern June,
with double intensity from the
sea in front and the glare of
walls behind; but the breeze is cool
ant, and-if wise in your day
.u.Atlon-your brow is shaded with
..u sombrero.
nom all parts of the world fire.
liz sea wall, including many Moors
ans from the other side of the
tuean. There are troops of
toasO' $ soldiers in gorgeous uni
81 hose countenances. like Cassius',
lean and hungry look;' pompous
French, Spanish and English
ants: Portuguese traders; beggars
M Ilers galore; promenading grdtde
sith lace mantillas partially cover
shining hair; and hevies of gig
,euoritas, flirting with fans and eye
aier the very noses of watchful
ru4-.
seward view is glorious. The noble
. If tadiz, more than thirty miles in
.HC is almost entirely land locked.
uter bay, stretching from Rota vii
.-..a The foot of the promontory, to the
..4ete river, is lined with medieval
the inner bay, protected by the
-oila and Puntales Notifications, the
t~ Entertainments, Cordadura castle
1it san Fernando. These fisheries
uecu celebrated through thirty long
,as. and the salmonete you are haul
l iu-day at the end of Il string may
ueai descendants of the same which
vd The luxurious Romans with their
+r It'd bits when Rome was new on
-u7rl bills. Perhaps on this very spot
,- ou Apollinaris sat when he studied
.UNDomena of the tides and arrived at
illusion that the waters were suck
and sent out again by submarine
ilt 9'ieHusi WIZ ulSpultu MS
and sagely urged that the ebo and
Ns caused by huge sea animals,
nny fishing you must go out in
right under the rusty guns of
ida and Puntales, to the rocky
allied Los Pnercos' and ''Los
4ps, {the Pigs and Chickens th IT
The harbor entrance. The pas
Also encountered by shifting mud
deposited by the Guadalite and
etr rivers, in which the tunnies
u.mselves during the breeding sea
THE mainland, at the mouth of
'ruaaIite, is the town of Carraca, with
Wsaud Inhabitants and most I'M
it rputation as to morals. 1t con-
~ the naval arsenal, defended by the
.s~Ate of two forts, and the royal dock
with twelve slips and three spa
tasins. Close by, on the Isthmus, is
unable and much frequented bath
lace, and farther on are dozen
reminding you of the jewelled
seut Of New York harbor by night,
led with electric lighted resorts.
-a- here, in the sheltered lee of San
41ao, are the famous funny fisheries,
.0fl supplied the ancients with sea food
ht highest price-the same which gave
he Greek epigram:
bass congers head, and tunny's under side.
-l- IuNnries to slender means denied"
liked salmonete better; but funny
r0- dearer, and like swells of modern
tile philosophers favored that which
Wis l4rtherest removed from hoi poloi.
a" mighty wits to work over new re-
eu-s for funny cooking. Athenaus
b onions and served with acrid condi-
4~ntst and the Ligurians ate only the
.uder part, stewed in oil and Corsican
S'oe, With pounded pepper and chopped
'iWH' You may find it to-day on the
tables of all Mediterranean steamers, cut
N uto brown strips that look like Ma
5lny shavings, floating in grease-as
h1' the fish itself, as seen in it's native
eement, is beautiful-dark, lustrous blue
lie back, shining with the tint of
I'ls ed steel, shading underneath to dull