. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . elightful time in beautiful Sevilla. Sevilla was but a pleasant memory behind us aswe sped southward through a region of , stately palm-trees reared their gracefulbranches into the rich blue sky ; orange and lemontrees grew in profusion; great cactus and aloeplants lined the road, forming an impenetrablehedge from ten to fifteen feet high. Everythingwas so different from the bleak, barren desertthrough which we had hitherto driven. The road,although good, was broken here and the


. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . elightful time in beautiful Sevilla. Sevilla was but a pleasant memory behind us aswe sped southward through a region of , stately palm-trees reared their gracefulbranches into the rich blue sky ; orange and lemontrees grew in profusion; great cactus and aloeplants lined the road, forming an impenetrablehedge from ten to fifteen feet high. Everythingwas so different from the bleak, barren desertthrough which we had hitherto driven. The road,although good, was broken here and there bycleverly hidden gutters, often dangerous, especiallywhen Mercedes was taking advantage of a stretchof road free from stones. Presently the road crossesan immense heath where the grassy ground undulatesin great billows, and where are grazed the herds ofbulls doomed to the arena. At one place upon theendless prairie we came upon a novel sight—a flockof vultures feeding upon the carcase of a and then the great birds would fly up and,soaring in the air for a few moments, swoop back to204. A CAItDFA OK (IKACKITI; l.\l,MSSi;\ii,m;. Alca/au


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