The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-12

henceforth was known as "Ge5dl Ell
| Tarik," the Rock of Tarik), whence
came the name Gibraltar. Onwa' 4 the
Moorish hordes pressed till all of An
dalusia. the whole of Spain fell, and
| their victorious march into Europe was
only stopped on the battle field of
| Tours by Charles Martel. Then they
fell back, consolidated, enriched, and
gave 10 the world lie brilliant king
dom OF Granada which fascinated the
| eyes of Europe Cor sevel long centu.
/ ries. Not until 1852 when the last of
| the Moors uttering his last sigh" as
| he left the glorious courts of the AL
| hambra, crossed the straits, was Gil
traltar again taken by the Spanish
| whose property it continued until il
was captured by the English u70D,
in the wars of the succession. Hers it
has been ever since and hers it will
continue until men learn to mount
bastions on the clouds and Gre shot and
shell perpendicularly down on this
otherwise ,mpregnable fort.
Gibraltar is a double thing to see
the town and the fort. The former
lies on the front shoulder of the Rock
and is medley of all nations and
people. l have read of a crystal maze
the passages of which interturned and
mixed themselves so that it was only
by chance that you came out any
where. ! have read of country roads
which began at nowhere and ended at
a pine stump in an old field. The town
resembles both. Perhaps if one could
mount upon the wings of one of those
large black and white gulls filling the
harbor and look down upon the city
some plan of it's streets might be I'M
folded; but never mind its obliquity, il
Is so interestingi Red-frocked soldiers,
sailors of every cline. hite-turbaned
Moors and red-fezzed Turks, crowd its
streets. a procession of Moors, driving
their little donkeys loaded with double
panniers of vegetables and fruit, come
in from the Spanish town across the
Neutral Ground every day. Here. fac
ing each other, within Mailing distance,
stand the two lines of sentries-the
Spanish and English. 1t must be such
a thorn in the side of Spain-this Rock
of Gibraltar! But still filthy lucre con-
strains them to bring in their products
to feed their enemy. Milk is delivered
in an original way. A herd of goats
Is driven every morning to the. houses
and MIXED at the front door, or If the
purchaser lives on the second story
the goats mount upstairs and deliver
their goods on the spot.
Through the Alameda, where the
band plays daily and flowers grow of
every hue geranium trees, instead of
bushes, the road winds, with many a
view of the sea and distant land TO
the northern end of the Rock. A Moor
ish castle. built 113 A. d., stands guard
over the road-a sad reminder. like the
degenerable Arab in the streets below.
of what has been. No stranger living
knows the secret Of the English forth
fications: only a very few officers OF
high rank know them completely: only
certain army corps command them
This We know--that from every point
from this Rock Of six miles circum-
ference bristle cannOn-ths on the out
side. Then it Is mined In double gal
leries-thc upper and lower which run
the whole circuit of tho Rock. Thro'
port holes on every side cannon peer
out. like eyes of monsters fun OF fury.
ON the Mediterranean side the hill is
pcripitous. bat still there are eyes. ON
the Atlantic side the slope is gradual