The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-16
sEGovIA.


Jhe Rorn The Great Manufac uring
thif Noor. " here in the Seventeenth
tNt" ,,v Thousand People Were En-.
te''" ,sa,ing Cotton Cloth Which Sup.
1t-' u t,urnpe. Now "A Commercially
pt'. interesting Town of Eight Thous
'n5tnnabitanf-'
-re>pondence of The Journal
..\ SPAIN. July 8, 1900. What
n MAY miss when touring
r, .,p means let it be visit to
-le old castellated city on its
-,..J ot which authenticated ac-
-. back to rs b. c. Being a
uuurr' i'll modern Spain the
-.Meer passes it by on the
iaaucy between Madrid and
-,.. .ence it has come to be an
urutton town. of which the
ard nothing for many years.
....,.-. when il was the most impor-
.fHtfUrino centre III Spain
..-.rtrd streets thronged with
..I wing traders; when count
.-0t sheep We're driven i'll to be
.r waters Of the Eresma
.. .u.-> kept busy the looms of
.-a.l rlOth-Weavers. Its com
.... was reached under the
AnorS. Later it was a
.~drute of the kings and
..- o~tilt: and up to 1870 all
silver and copper coinage
struck iii It's mint. Forty
northwest OF Madrid, it lies
... H0ay line to Medina june
\ou change cars, for the
ing ii Salamanca, or north
...u and Borgos. From san
is only seven miles direct
-.. In Chligencia The better
at .c'rl in order to get the full
t.e.r ii the most delightful
. f SPAN, is to make a round
r If twenty miles-a days
-.. -Ia. either in the saddle or a pri-
mage. BY this route you re-
- hp Madrid road to Y alsain,
..-- rv-r to its left bank, and as
a-. + wtll-kept Canine real, the
chway to the Royal Park of
o. Up and up you 60 by gentle
nugh a dense forest stocked
t.-rN sort OF game-keeplng a
uNoNt for brigandS and strolling
glsYs. or worse yet, for the
Jealous guards, who may
-t.1, ao tor a party of poachers.
Hrwgl trout stream is our guide
5.- + serpentine way under
N.al4ugiug trees and across
radaWS. now lost i'll impenetra-
r, and anon hurrying past
-.- gillages: till suddenly the
l1o FRO. Cold River stands
g uu unexpected encounter
nelly wilderness. If ever
united hy Spooks. You would
H them i'll this deserted
O uy Isabella, the not incon-
.W Inf Philip v, and com
NItm~o MI. Tradition says
la times We're had by the
ds of long ago III this safe
tlom the maddime crowd
point. the road to Segoyia
Nd smooth as It board floor
Hue describe in words this
Qaty when brush, pencil
alike fail to do it Justice:
you can, a rocky ridge,
fly $500 feet above the
lWgp being really an island,
t.N surrounded by two rivers,
Tranquil EreSma uniting here
hulent little tributary. the
ile tminence is encircled
}' walls, with quaint round
0e Whole dominating a splendid
... Nt.Glanging cliff, its keep
.. tti curious angular turrets,
talhg across the valley is the
HrtaI work of all, the Roman
ut Irajan's time, seen i'll
-l.i perspective overlapping
-N town. nder one of the
hes Of this aqueduct, tower
11an a hundred feet above the
pu enter the city by one of
-at gates in the walls. which
.rlr dilapidation give it the air
-tary stronghold The steep,
Hlrrow streets are lined with
cdsaS. as stately, as forbidding,
granite from the neighboring
lhr place fairly teens with
tg monuments of the many
ts through which this portion
' as passed Founded originally
du pleasure resort nineteen
ago, it became III the Middle
eat royal and religious centre
.a- Moorish ascendency it was
sr3t Of government, and sub
several Of the monarchs of
aye made it royal residence.
AIRS GEMS also with beggars and
"rIe t.t vile smells and too-evident
In the principal square, all
#ltl color and costumes upon
grim cathedral, and the dark
tyouies and wonderful ajimez
'"'s VI The old casas look down.
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