The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-23

conceived Tic ll.t .r 3uGlliu1 4fal-e
a I~.aIae" II modem lesen. 1hs -tr4E-
Tore @as n tel Finished however. ana
lands Io0a. Z ruin. more uhf.Efi..
isut less beautiful sifau tau patsns
anleh il WAS intended So oHt-nfu.
me Ao"rS huiit 4 great ci~tern within
t.' outer NaI.- ~ Al1aW bs. and
egought water from tia. mountains ta
apply a.. H. b 80 Tar JcfoN The sun
face that The water is always cool ana
the water H. - perfectly filtered laat
ewen nov il Dis greatly sought Ior
drinking. TniS Ia~r-siEnted precision
not only for present wants bat for pos
aibte seige 80 ms 20 has" been ehalaa-
t~eriStIc Of the A#pots, FOR the city a.
Constantinpplc was likewise protected
10y immense underground reservoirs
Granada mas Ii considerable gypsy
population. From the AI1aHtDI1 one
can see their dwellings on m opposite
hillside The rooms are hehEn out 81
me stone with only the door visible
Ali in all. Granada offers - mach 90
variety as on can InG anywhere in
Europe ana more @timpse~ 81 the
oriental life 81 the past than can 10
seen anywhere else west Of the Pos
nhoru-.
The rock OF Gibraltar has no adrer-
Using matter on it. In this respect
only does il differ from the photo
familiar. 1t IS. however. larger h
the pictures Indicate. 1t ~ an i'm
mens- litaeston" formation rising alb
ruptly from the wateI To q height of
800 feet. 1t is abodt three miles
long ana, at the widest point, three
quarters Of y mile across. 1t IS cNi-
dent that il was once an island. for tha
low. flat strip Of ground which con-
meets il with the mains land seems 10
have been formed IL the washing H.
Of the sand. The triangular face OF
the rocl, which i usually photo
Sraphed looks toward the land instead
Of 1oWard the sea. the water front be
ing much less IN posing. \ town o.
around the base Of the rock. fully -
per cent Of the population being made
up of the English garrison. 1t Is
strictly q military town and the GOV
eminent does not encourage the set
tloment Of civilians there. The rock
is full of concealed cannon and is SUP
POSED to be impreerahie. 1t seems to
be perforated with galleries and one
sees The nose Of 4 cannon Dokn0 out
ut every c~ommandino point. When
the wind is from the east a cloud
movers over the rock, sometimes on
ccaling its summit. While the harbor
1t Gibraltar is not an especially good
one, it is one of the most f~reQdented
in the world. and the dry docks Will
accommodate the largest ships. just
beyond the rock Of Gibraltar there is
a strip Of neutral ground, n side SEN
tine!Ied by the British. the other by
liz 49, Il - I't l2tli
iafdS enter the city every morning. FOR
all the manual labor is done BY them,
and return to their homes at night.
lust across the BAY or harbOr is the
Spanish city Of AlgeCiras, and from
both A~lgeciras md Gibraltar boats
cross the strait to Tangier, the Mo-
rocco capital.
We had planned to make this trip
but were deferred parity because Il
revolution in Tangier made it uncer-
tain that We should be able to land
and partly because unfavorable wealth
CT threatened to delay our return.
| found at Gibraltar an instance OF
hereditary o~Gice~holding which is not
often paralleled among our people.
The position of American consul mas
been in one family for "a years CON
secutively. The present occupant, Mr..
Sprasue, is the third of his line to rep
resent our government, his father Who
held the office Tor over Sc years in
turn succeeding his father. Tne pres
ent consul. Sprague ILL.,. is intensely
American notwithstanding the long
residence Of his family outside the
country.
AS the traveller leaves Gibraltar for
the west he bid farewell TO Africa
and to Europe 1T the same time
Gibraltar and a somewhat similar rock
on the opposite Size of the channel,
the two anciently known as the pillars
Of Hercules, Stand out in bold relief
against the Sky. These rocks are not
the last land, however. although the
most striking features. There is 4
point a few miles farther west known
as Tarifa which, according to tradi-
ton, was once occupied by bold rob
erS who eXacted tribute from all who
passed by. 1t was even said that our
word tariff traces its origin to this
Tarifa; if it be true that the two
words are related it is fitting that
Tarifa should be the last thing seen
by the traveller on his departure. for
the tariff is the first Thing which
he encounters upon his arrival in