Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-07-12
S HORT TRIP
TO Ell r OP E 4.
First Sight of European Coast
Cane St. Vincent, Gibralter,
The Mediterranean, Genoa
BYEH McCLINTlC

BY H McCLINTtC.
CONTINUED
After leaving the Azores, we had
better weather, which up t" that
time had been stormy and rough
with strong head winds AT no
time, however, or the outward voy'
age did we have anything but head
winds, which to some extent re-
tarded our speed.
Most Of the passengers had by
this time recovered from the sea
sickness almost always incident to
a voyage this time of the year.
This was shown in quite number
of ways, but the most conspicuous
manifestation of it was in the num-
bers that came to the dining room.
But few care to 60 to the dining
room the early part of the voyage,
and then very frequently they do
not care to stay-very long.
The first land that met our eyes
as Cape St. Vincent, rough pre-,
cipitous promontory PROJECTING
south from the southern coast OF
Portugal. 1t was more consp'c'-
Gus for the lighthouse that was on
it than anything else. 1t looked
not very fertile or productive. al
though its hills seemed to support
good number Of goats
We were now about IL hours
from Gibralter, on the rocks OF
which is the great English fortress
which guards the entrance to the
Mediterranean sea, the most pow
erful Notifications in the known
world Of course England does
not own the Mediterranean sea
any more than she owns the Allan
tic Ocean, but the Straits OF Glib
ralter lead from the Atlantic to the
Mediterranean and the Straits are
very narrow. The fortress is on
the north side and the coast OF AT.
rica on the south, and vessels at
tempting to pass it in time OF wal
would come withineasy range OF bel
monster batteries. But it is. will
a great deal Of regret that we have
| to chronicle that on our voyage
though We passed through the
Straits and with half mile OF thu
shore. we did not see this world
wide renowned wonder. Our yes
sci, when we left New York, WI
knew was not billed to touch there
/ but we trusted TO fortune to favol
US with a passage through tn
Straits in daylight. In this w
were disappointed, for we reached
; it a couple of hours after dark. W
| saw only the lights ON the shor
t that here and there broke the dark
, ness. The passengers had made N
|. a subscription of nearly three thou
r sand dollars for the vessel to stol
! there long enough for them to g
= ashore. but as We reached ther
l lust after dark, we would have t
: stay too long, and especially as W
were already behind time. | wa
particularly disappointed, for tn
! two natural curiosities of Europ
9 that | most desired to see wer
!. Gibralter and Mt. Vesu,ins.
J. Daylight the next mornin
: found US off the coast of Spain, an
: in full sight Of the shore, and "
d CONTINUED the balance of the vo.
c age in sight Of the shore. III
= country here as seen from the dec
!. of the vessel was very much III
d what have said of the Azore
/. This is the great winter pla
s ground Of all Of Europe and tho
y sa.Iss of Americans also find it
n their liking to 60 for the winter
Ic the resorts along the southel
sr coast of Spain and France.
. AL ny the coast we find Nice al
n the Rivera and Monte Carlo, Il
latter place the greatest gambiil
resort in the world, and equally
/ famed for the number of suicide
Or the i'll torture brought to them
: the card, the dice and the wheel.
g short distance back from the shoi
ID the mountains begin to ascend wi
u u rather gentle slopes, growing sra
st ually more precipitous and risll
<. t, quite an altitude. These mou
az ta;ns break the winds fpom t