Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-11-18

five or ten cents. Then Were lcyt
/ busy diving until the small <steamer ar
! rived TO take rs ashore % see the
! beautiful city 0fFeancHal. The streets
( here axe ravcd with cohble stores aud
/ they tell ua they have been made ov r
/ one hundred years. no wonder they
/ drawn by oxen, in which we
had the pleasure ~ Of riding, after
! which we mounted the steep hill, or
! mountain, in the only steam car the
! place affords. | wish | could describe
the beauty of the mountain, with it's
| terraces and wall latticos and cottages,
| all covered with beautiful vines and
| flowers. We had lunch on top of this
mountain, cooked by the natives (of
course | enjoyed it) after which we de-
| scended in a sled in which were seats
| for two only, with rope attached to
| hold the sled from running too fast.
Two men were guiding the sled down
the long winding road, walled on
| either side, and also made of cobble
stones in ridges forming steps. 1t was
| strange sensation and / am sure the
men earned their money, if they do
want all they can get. They carry
those sleds up the mountain on their
backs. We met many going up as we
were coming down, each with a sled
| looking almost impossible for men of
their size to carry. We did not have
time to visit the Mission, as I should
liked to have done. Some of our
| party, who had visited the Island be-
| fore, had time to go and hear a good
sermon and hear eight little Portuguese
| girls sing in their own language. The
building is nicely situated, just back of
the public park.
We had only time to take the boat
which brought us to the "Cleveland"
after which we were soon on our way
to Gibraltar, which place we reached
at twelve O'Clock. | could scarcely
realize we were passing the shores of
Morocco, Africa, on one side and Spain
on the other, both in sight. Tangier
| if not far distant also Taraffa, from
| which comes our word tariff as the
Moors use to make all passing ships
pay tariff begorre they could pass. I
! just saw whale spouting as he passed
| the vessel. Not far distant is Trafalgar
bay where Lord Nelson Il think it was)
had his terrible naval battle with the
! French.
| We are now riding at anchor and
take lighters and land on the great
Rock of Gibralter, which towers 1850
feet in the air, and is truly a wonder
| full eight to behold and must be seen to
be appreciated. We were 30 fortunate
as to secure carriage to see the sights,
but find they will not iet fIs- fnsife OF
the fortifications but we are told that
there are 80 miles of tunneling inside
the rocks and we could see the port
holes through which the guns of old
England could speak in every direct
ion, and immense guns on the very
top. In order to get water to supply
| the garrison and town, as it is some
times and at present has not rained for
| year, we found they have cemented
| out side of the rock to catch the water
| and turn it into immense reservoirs
| We are much impressed with the place
| and the people with their loads of mer-
chandise on their heads and on their
donkeys carrying bottles of water and
milk, there being no other conveyance
| than one horse carriages and donkeys.
| One of our party rode donkey. He
| said he wanted them to take the
baskets off but they would not do 80,
SO he rode with them on but was un.
| able to sell any of the produce as they
wanted it too cheap Having seen
about all we conld of the place we told
CIlO uIiN0T W CFOSS over 10 spain, as
! this is the only chance we will have to
| see the land of the Don. We did not
see whole lot but it was interest
ing to us. Lots of beggars following
us all the time, asking for pennies 1.-TWO
cents). / never saw so many one arm
ed boys and all pointing to the stub to
gain our sympathy, but we soon dis
covered that they doubled their arms
at the elbows and showed them in their
shirt sleeves in that way. You can
rest assured they got no aims. A small
nrchin wanted to sell me canary bird
for sixpence, 80 the guide told me.
gave the boy penny. He proceeded
to cut the string to which he had it fast
ened willing to take the penny rather
than none. / told him l did not want
the bird. 1t was good to hear his bois-
ferrous laugh as he realized that he had
bird and penny both. We visited the
bull ring, as that seemed to be the only
| point of interest. Nothing more to
see, as our time was limited, we return
ed to the wharf, paid our driver took
the lighter for the "Cleveland" and
turning out of the harbor and around
the "Rock' started on our trip through
the Mediterranean, on which we are
now on our way to Naples, which we
expect to reach about Friday noon.
Love to all
Respectfully,