Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-23
THERE IS ONLY one RONDA,"
r,ro,ors We Must See 1t, Though Adeus to Spain Had
Already Been Said
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OF sky Is visible, and again ascending
10 breezy table lands with noble views
Of the Spanish Sierras and the African
mountains, their snowy peaks glitter
Ing in the sunshine like a cOrOnet of
diamonds. and the blue Mediterranean
shlung between. After passing Las
Cuevos--a squaled hamlet. whose In
habltants live in caves. and exc out a
precarious existence by begging from
trayelers--we came In sight OF the cast
tie and town OF Teba. belonging TO the
hereditary domain OF the family of
that name. from which sprang Eugene
de Monteio, Countess OF Teba, after
wards Empress Of France. II Is place
OF great antiquity and contains some
Moorish remains" but we could not
tarry TO see them At every league we
encountered pair nf civil guards. the
national military police. who are kept
busy In this district watching for
smugglers and protecting the road from
highwaymen. Now and then we would
oyeftake a score or more OF
DoNKEYs, LADEN
with charcoal and Flooding along In
dian file, their owner stretched out.
fast asleep upon the painters OF the
last one. These always misused ami
male are Indispensable for the trans-
port Of merchandise through the noun
talns OF Andalusla, and move fearless
~ over paths where the less sure-foot-
ed mule VIII not venture. They are
preceded by train leader which wears
bell and seems to be conscious OF the
dignity OF bis position. for. II one Of his
companions try 10 pass him, he is as
quick with his heels I'm a singing kick
aimed at the offenders ribs as the
mayoral is with his whip. Guided by
the shrlll cries Of the drivers. the
leader turns TO the right. or the left.
as directed; and on arriving al the
gates Of a town, halts the whole file
unlll he has orders 70 proceed.
Just before sunset We entered Rom
da through Moorish gateway fanked
by two circular towers, and clattered
up the main street with a grand
parade; amid q storm Of curses
delivered by the conductor and
and zagal, who had been saving their
wind Tor an hour with view 10 this
crowning effort. How shall one de.
scribe the gtrangest and most plctur-
esQue city OF Europe3 II stands on
steep rock, encrced by the Guadaleyin
river. which foams and ashes through
a narrow gorge, seven hundred feet
below This stupendOus rift on the
mountains, which looks as II cut by the
scimeter of Roldan TO render impreg-
nable the fayorite stronghold Of the
Moors. Is crossed by two brldges-one
over century old. the other OF much
greater antiquity The town, built on
both sides OF the chasm, II surrounded
by triple walls and divided into three
wards, each OF which is separately
walled and constitutes a small city In
Itself Projecting over the rushing
stream are several stone mills, erected
during the dominion Of the MOOrs,
which, from the dizzy heights above
look like children's building blocks,
and the men passing IN and out with
sacks Of grain and -four on their shout
ders seem scarce so gross az beetles"
The greatest curiosity OF the Tajo. as
the rent In the hills Is called is the gal
lery, or tunnel. known as La Nina
del Moro" cut down through the solid
rock to the river, by Christian slaves
ut the command Of All Ahou Nellie. In
the year 1892, The passage Is FIVE feet
wide by seven high and traverses the
perpendicular precipece zg-zag fash
ion, II Is very steep and by no means
safe, the steps being rudely hewn, etip-
perry with moisture and often lndIs-
tlngulshable, as light comes in only at
intervals, through apeTatures pierced
In the rock on the river side. But OF
course you must go down II, whatever
the risk. At the bottom Is a large tank.
where the captives filled their water
Jars and then bore them up the weary
ascent on their shoulders Scrouged
al every step by their
CRUEL MASTERS,
half starved and otherwise brutally
treated, many OF them fell dead from
exhaustion on the way. Thus the well
Of Ronda" acquired such a fearful rep
utatlon during the Moorish wars that
many defeated Spaniards committed
suicide rather than be condemned to
carry water up its dreary staircase,
RetributlOn came at last, however and
the victims driven to death In it's cav
ernous recesses were avenged-for II
was through LA Nina de Tajo" that
a chosen detachment Of the Castllab
army, In 1885. surprised the "Laurelled
Castle OF the Moors, impregnable TO
ordinary assault--not only by its natu-
raj position. but from the strength Of
It's Notifications.
~ tue DtAtpil VI VIC tDltt II ~ al
ways twilight, being only twenty or
thirty feet wide. to perhaps $50 at top
The foaming torrent sends wind and
spray whistling through the dark de-
Gle with a deafenng noise that COM
pietely browns the human voice. Gaz-
Ing upward the bridges at top look as
! II suspended In the air, and the people
on them like notes in the sunshine
Fig trees cling to the sides of the precl-
! pices az II growing out OF the living
! rock. and al one point midway an ivy
covered castle-stands upon a narrow
/ ledge that APPARENTLY can be reached
| only by balloon. Looking closely we
| saw some moving specks beside the
/ castle. which proved to be a flock Of
goats-probably strayed from some
careless shepherd, who dared not scale
| the heights 20 recover them.
The magnificent citadel OF Ronda,
which once covered as much ground as
| the Alhambra has now only one tower
and few feet Of wall left standing
/ The tower Is OF extraordinary height
/ nj 10 a.