Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-01
EN- 6dE 1oPAlESIINE.
The Richmond Tourists in the
British Stronghold at the
Entrance to the Ned
iterranean.
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,GrfRALrAR, February ii, 1900.
We fereto have left Madeira at .
D.. m. sb6 owing to u late arrival
Mere or departure was postponed
till 10. The length of time required
to reach Gibraltar extending to the
afternoon of the second day, the first
day gave easy opportunity for
discussion of the objects of extraor-
binary interest seen at Eunchal,
and it was diligently used. Had we
been permitted a longer time there
MANY would have ridden on the
"Mount Elevator Railway and have
gone up 1000 feet in twenty minutes
and returned by toboggan slide, but
as it was we could only take time to
see the railway winding up the
mountain slope. The island is reached
by steamers from southampton,
England, every Saturday, from Lon
don every week, and from Liverpool
every fortnight at rates of 500 TO
$125 for the round trip. Then the
Booth and Red Cross Lines arrive
from Lisbon n a month and mail
steamers from the same place arrive
on the 9th and Goth of each month.
From Hamburg one line sends boats
monthly and another tri-monthly.
But while these seem somewhat ire
quent, the isolation is far greater
than we have been accustomed to,
and when we asked for the latest
news they had none more recent than
we had obtained in Boston before
our departure. There a hundred and
fifty thousand people live in a little
world of their own, SO separated
from other portions of earth as to be
independent in their customs, yet
modified by influences from other
places much as one may imagine we
would be influenced in this little
world by frequent visits and commu
| nications from the supposed inhabit-
ants of Mars and other planets.
At $50 yesterday morning we first
sighted the shores of Africa and a
little later Gibraltar appeared. Din
ner was served a half hour earlier
| than usual that all might be ready to
land. We easily recognized the great
rock be- ause we had seen it pictured
hundreds of times. The view of it
made familiar by the Prudential In
surance company is not the first
view, but just the e rs we APP
| preached from the other side, yet
even fir IN that it seemed famil ar.
The city of Algesiras lay il plain view
across the bay. Pilot and officials
came aboard US at Funchal. After
the usual order a Choir was cast.
Meanwhile a good sized steam tug
had come alongside and was dashed
| to our vessel with go d ropes. Our
side ladders were placed. Then an
other tug was dashed to fore, the
former being to aft, or to make this
| better understood by inland people,
the larger was fastened to the back
part, the other to the fore part, both
| being on the right hand side of our
| vessel. Then we decended into them,
and when they were filed they Were
loosed and steamed away to the dock
and when they had landed their pas
sengers returned to repeat the action,
| until all were landed on Gibraltar.
1t vas my fortune to go in the sec
ond load of the larger tug. A large
number of vessels lay in the bay,
some Of them being very large men
Once on the dock, we passed
through the open gates of the great
stone wall around the city, where
stood British red-coat sentinels with
their guns. Then we proceeded
through a cement paved street be
tween massive walls, till we came tt
a group of guides who had been EN-
ployed to conduct US in seeing the
sights. We started to walk, but o.
account of the ladies, it vas judged
best by our guide that we should
ride, so eight of us took passage il
two carriages, at a stipulated price
| of 75c each for the whole afternoon
From the first view massive soIidity
is impressed upon the visitor, ano
grows as he proceeds. Past soliC
| stone walls enclosing smooth dive
ways, and here and there parks an6
Fairgrounds, we sped along Prime,
Edward S road. Carriages were
painted light natural-wood colors
All had tops and were numerous
The streets, about fifteen feet il
width, seemed too narrow for meet
lag others, but we did meet them
and passed them readily, Up a steer
bill we went and our driver leaped
from his sea to the ground and
walked up. Houses almost invarible
OF stone or cement like walls
from the sides and not in a single in.
stance were there any yards or lawns
surrounding them. Policemen ap
peared in uniform much like that OF
our own, and all along women anG
children looked gleefully on, some o.
them speaking to US smilingly as We
passed. They evidently enjoyed see
ing US as much as we did them, and