Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-01

IN g0Od huTnOr ana Smlies anu sun
shine predominated. There wers.
Moors and Jews and Spanish and
English, and just over the borders q
Spanish bull-ight was in progress
and some o. a party report having,
seen from a distance a large crowd
gathered To witness it.
At last our carriages halted and
our guides told Us we would now
have to walk where the carriage
could not go. We had previously |
been supplied with tickets OF admis
sion 10 the fort. It is the custom for
all visitors to register there, but SD
MANY of US there were, that tedious
requirement was set aside, and after
a little waiting, with a soldier for d
guide, we started into the galleries
or the great fort Of Gibraltar
Through a narrow winding way
and through large gates, which were
unlocked before US, and carefully
locked again behind us, we reached a
tunnel 200 feet long, ~exeavated lip
solid rock, through which we passe
into another open way Then an
other darker tunnel of 600 feet AM
another open way led into another
tunnel. which we traversed to a dis
lance of about 1000 feet, and the q
! we stopped only because great gates
! stood bolted before US, and we were
told visitors are not permitted to go
farther. We could look on and see
that these honeycombs OF rock corl-
tinued. These excavations are WI e
enough for carts to be drive a
through them and their height is
sixteen feet or more. There is a con
tinual ascent, except in one place a
short but easy descent, 81 We weie
constantly climbing hill Water
drips from above and the very smoot b
road is kept a little muddy. At
frequent intervals, openings yer Elk
cavated to the outer wall of tt lie
mountain, and through these day
light came in and Illuminated on If
pathway, though there were ofte n
places SO dark we could not see cad
other. These openings were for the
great guns which stood ready 10
hurl their missiles of death. Th,as
was left a wall of natures OWL most
solid masonry, sixty feet in thick
ness, and no artificial structure car
| equal it in resisting the mighty
weapons of warfare. 1t is solid, tough
granite with no mortar and needs no
framework under it for support i.
Into several Of these port holes we
went, and looking out say how thor r.
oughly it commands the water 5.
Looking upwards, we saw how theP Sc
engines of war continued on up FIR
beyond where we We're. L am ready
to believe that Gibraltar cannot pc
taken by any assault that can De
made. | am ready also to say it
would be worth nothing to the pow er
that might perchance secure it, for 1T
is of no advantage except to protec t
those that are within it. Much as |
respect its power as a stronghold l
can but regard England's vast e *
penditures here as a gigantic pie ce
Of folly, and believe time will I'll IT,
mately verify this opinion.
We had lost our soldier guide in
the darkness of the tunnel, and
throng of people, and returned wit b.
out him, but fell ia with another W tho
unlocked the gates and let us NJ 1T.
BY these British soldiers, with their
little caps held on to the sides of
their heads, we were treated wi th
the greatest courtesy. As we
iscended we saw the ancient Mooris h
castle away up on top almost of
Gibraltar. There it has stood ma by
centuries, and vas compelled to 81 lr-
Is Y sSrn sa{e way to England. Az
Interestingly thing which should be
mentioned. is, that we saw some of
the Barbary apes on the mounts in
side, this being the only place in Eu-
rope where monkeys are found. VIII en-
we returned to the place where I'VE
had left our carriage, it had gone,
and our compensation for its loss
vas that we had no opportunity to
)ay our bills, though we would have
willingly done so. We started d ut
If OF, and, by inquiring, finally ma de
ur way through irregular
md winding streets to the postotfice
where immense business was trans
tcted by our party, and ten or twelve
laws hence IN friends at home Will,
/, we trust, receive the messengers
shat were there stamped with two
dnd-a-half-pence Give cent? stamps
md dropped for carriage and deliv-
Try. And one week hence, 1t Cairo.
we shall eagerly expect by simil ar
means the letters from home.
Back we went past soldiers oh IT
racks and saw how strongly It'd ey
were intrenched under large ste me
structures upon which shells COZ lG
d. little injury. We have SC en
mighty Gibraltar, even though bri ef
~, and our confidence in its strength
mas been increased many fold. But
it has brought to mind the fact that
man needs a stronger defense tb IAN
Gibraltar or the whole of earth at
fords. ELLwooD O. ELLIS