The Little River news., 1915-09-11

been suarantined, which would mean that we see Europe through a port hole. The later dope had it that this
 boys mess was the only one to
 quarantined. This concerned me, be- cause it was this mess, number six, of which l was a member The
 thought of working 12 long months a part of the Academic life, indeed,
 as reward for hard and constant labor, and then having it taken frCcn
 us by such a character, was enough
 to make us desperate We let it pass,
 however. as something unable to be
 remedied. A few more days brought
 as the real epidemic-tonsolt This
 was quite a relief, in fact, we pursued
 our work with much more deligence
 and enthusiasm
 Nothing unusual happened the first
 part Of c,Ir second week at sea The
 routine was followed cut without any
 interruption. Tuesday morning we
 sighted land for the first time in nine days. Passing to the north of a group
 of islands, the Azores. We steamed
 between Corro and Flores. These is lands are nine miles apart and are
 inhabited by Portugese. The chef
 products are bananas, oranges, grap- es, pineapples, wines, sheep, cheese
 and other light products.
 After passing from here, we wero to spend four more days without sight
 of terra frma. From this time until
 our arrival at Gibraltar a part of our
 time was spent at lectures given by cur chaplain who told us the sights
 We should see at this port. We were
 also cautioned not to trespass on the
 impregnable rock, which is held so
 jealously by John Bull"
 Later the word was passed that the
 three ships wuold go ot THanglers, Mcr-
 occo, for Saturday the twentieth. We found Tangiers a most peculiar settle ment. The inhabitants are chiefly
 Moors, Arabs, and Span:ards. There
 was nothing very interesting in this town, With the possible exception of
 the peculiarities of the natives. Tan giers is controlled by the French. . Gibraltar is known the world CNel
 as the best fortified stronghold in the : world. The British have taken every strong location. The rock overlook. ing the strait of Gibraltar is fortified } with guns which can reach the oppo- site side. No one really knows the : actual strength of the rock, for it is so jealously guarded that no one is : allowed to see the important works l with gun holes from which projec disappearing guns. Another poin r worth seeing is the neutral ground 5 This is a strip of land which belongs : to no country. On one side may bt : seen the English soldiers, and on tht ; other the Spanish Guards. While il Gibraltar we availed ourselves of th' 7 opportunity to visit Spain, which i: . noted for it's famous bull fights. Or } this occasion we were fortunate en ough to SC the Spanish National spor at it's best. An attraction was sche \ duled Bull fighters lad come iron ) Mexico and Madrid. Eight bulls anf 5 five horses were killed and one mar badly shaken up. Four other horse: were injured to such an extent tha . they ,..rDably died.
 / We returned to Gib. ;he following : day to lave luncheon at the hote - Reina Christina. very attractive 7 house said to be one of the best il Southern Europe. The most reliable 5 feature was the cheap luncheon fol five fesetas, about $1.00
 We weighed anchor Tuesday, June l 23, at 7:30 p. b., and made our way \ to Naples, Italy. The trip to Naples 7 was very pleasant. With the eXcep , tion of the first night out the Medit
 erranean was exceptionally calm. We , were impressed with the peacefulness of this great sea. The water is very , blue, and when we looked about W, saw nothing but great mass of the f high sky; yet it was a picture unlike anything ordinary. Indeed a poe could have seen much in this very nakedness.
 We sighted the island of Sardines
 on June 26 and on the twenty-seventl
 the Island of Ischia (2603 feet). Or
 this day we sighted Naples. After re-
 ceiving the greetings of the pesterins
 bum-boats, the pilot came aboard tC
 assist us in anchoring. We saw the
 bay of Naples, surrounded by it's beau
 tiful historic landscapes. On one side Mt. VAsuveous, on the other the water
 front of Naples leading to and spread
 ing over an area of sloping hills, af- , forded a background which added