Rambles in sunny Spain . QUEEX ISABELLA. 2l6 RAMBLES IN SUNNY SPAIN. Being encouraged by us, our new friend went on to relate storiesof these hills that we eagerly made a note of as he rolled them out inthe English he had acquired in America. But, senores, most of my. COLUMBUS PUT IN IRONS. life has been passed in Mexico, where I have been mining for manyyears. There you will find gold and silver, — if you but know whereto look for it, — and quicksilver, and emeralds, rubies sometimes,and opals. Did your worships ever hear of the veta negra, the greatblack vein of silver that was worked for so
Rambles in sunny Spain . QUEEX ISABELLA. 2l6 RAMBLES IN SUNNY SPAIN. Being encouraged by us, our new friend went on to relate storiesof these hills that we eagerly made a note of as he rolled them out inthe English he had acquired in America. But, senores, most of my. COLUMBUS PUT IN IRONS. life has been passed in Mexico, where I have been mining for manyyears. There you will find gold and silver, — if you but know whereto look for it, — and quicksilver, and emeralds, rubies sometimes,and opals. Did your worships ever hear of the veta negra, the greatblack vein of silver that was worked for so many years, and then sosuddenly disappeared ? No ? Then perhaps you would like me to ABOUT PALOS, COLUMBUS, AND TARSHISH. 2 I 7 tell it to you, — the story of its disappearance, as I learned it froman old gambusino (a poor miner) many years ago. Perhaps it mayhave been told in books before this ; but I think not, as I myselfdo not recollect having told it to any English or Americans. Thisis it, if you will condescend to listen, — this is the story of this won-derful vein and its mysterious ending some fifty years ago : — THE MINE-KING: A STORY OF MEXICO. Ojala por los dias de oro ! — oh for the days of gold ! sighed the old gam-busino ; peroya se
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