The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-06-05
..s As THEY SEEMED TO BE


!, : behold and for to see
~ouders OF this world so wide"
J" october soth. 1911
ia fine, and although the sea
sul little rough, SO the captain
due TO a reported storm in the
= Biscay. This evening the first
'.,,ag Of the "Girdlers' Club" was
Il Is intended as a social affair.
Inch the passengers get an OPP
..Dity to air the impressions they
Gained by their trips ashore. /
y thew will grow exciting when
sogin to see things more strange
/ nd exciting.
o,,ober 31st-This morning we
m at six, as we were approach
!. The Prudential Life Insurance
We landed, and took car
60 for four. 1t was surrey-shaped,
N one old shackle-back of a horse.
!. we're to pay ore dollar and a
..,rter per hour, but ended by giving
n. driver two, after he had insisted
!, three. The dickering spirit gets
re worked up in people by the time
nov get back to America, for one
,sger expects to pay what is first ask
i and no seller expects to get what
II asks for his wares.
Gibraltar is quite a historical place.
jtTas the classic PILLARS of Hercules
|,hlch the Phoenicians crowned with
liver columns to mark the limits of
Irrigation. Then it was captured by
4, Noor, who erected a fortified castle
|Aere, the ruins of which are still
Landing, although six hundred years
lave passed. The rock is 1890 feet
|agh and is strongly fortified. From
1 NO or three galleries the guns point
4 mt in all directions. The houses are
hunt on terraces and mostly in a
Spanish style of architecture. The
Aamada Gardens, which cross good
yart of the city, are beautiful. The
eucalyptus and pepper trees grow
here as they do in Southern Califor-
|Hh, An old cemetery is near these
|ardens, where victims of the battle
0i Gibraltar are buried. At the south
end of the city is South Port Gate,
which is closed half an hour after sun
SET, and the English stay inside and
he Spanish outside until sun-up. The
Spanish town of La Linea is separated
from Gibraltar by a stretch of barren
land known as the neutral grounds.
We drove past the last of the En-
sHsh sentries into the little Spanish
town. We passed many Spaniards
Walking and some riding donkeys, 9th
es driving donkeys with panniers
haded high, piled high with vegeta-
hes or milk cans, for the milk is de-
Nsed from the backs of donkeys.
The whole cavalcade was headed for
for the English give work
% about two thousand outsiders. All
Vho enter must have pass from the
lnglish government, which they must
resent at the entrance gate each
Inc. We say an old Spaniard herd
lg a flock Of turkeys as we would
erd a flock of sheep at home-wi:h
long-lashed whip he drove them be-
ire him. Just near the landing place
lr the tenders is an old Moorish mar
ct place. Here the Moors in native
ress sit cross-legged and sell their
tile stock of eggs and vegetables
nd squawking poultry. Down Wa
II Port street, the main business
rect. the town looks like a Midway
an Oriental building at one of our
'orld's Fairs. Turks with red fez-
IS are running Oriental bazaars, sell
ig samples of aces and rugs, and fill
rec silverware. Moors. great, strap
ing chaps, with turbaned heads, flow
lg robes, walk up and down the mar
ow streets, while the burden-bearing,
atient little donkey walks with sad
yes and mincing steps along the way.
ne really seems to be living history
nd geography these days. as he rides
Thin hailing distance of towns like
lgecirias, Tangiers and Morocco, or
III majestically through the Straits