Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . stationedhere, but there are stores and water-cisterns which wouldsupply a garrison of 150,000 men during two years. Thefortifications and tunneled galleries may be inspected by visitorsupon permit from the military secretarys office. The highestpoint, 1,430 feet above the level of the sea, is called the Signal,El Hacho, and the panorama from this eagles eyrie is un-rivaled, the eye sweeping over two seas and two quarters ofthe world. The extreme end of the rock facing the sea is Europa Point, crowned by a light
Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . stationedhere, but there are stores and water-cisterns which wouldsupply a garrison of 150,000 men during two years. Thefortifications and tunneled galleries may be inspected by visitorsupon permit from the military secretarys office. The highestpoint, 1,430 feet above the level of the sea, is called the Signal,El Hacho, and the panorama from this eagles eyrie is un-rivaled, the eye sweeping over two seas and two quarters ofthe world. The extreme end of the rock facing the sea is Europa Point, crowned by a light-house and defended bystrong batteries. The pride of Gibraltar is the Alameda, which is laid out incharming style and commands fine views of the Straits andcoast of Africa. The Alameda is the fashionable lounge, andthe spectacle presented by the contrast of populations at thisextreme point of Europe, isnovel and curious. The latestLondon bonnet is seen sideby side with the mantilla detiro ; blue eyes and rosy com-plexions, next melting blackeyes and olive-dark skin. sAlf PLACE DU GOUVERNEMENT, ALGIE the capital of) La NouvelleFrance, offers a beautifulpanorama as it rises in steepterraces from the well shel-tered bay, which is hardlyinferior to that of has of late becomea great resort for invalids and the delicate to winter in,on account of the lovely climate, which from October toMarch is as warm as an English summer, but, besides, itoffers sights of absorbing interest to the tourist. There areOriental ways and customs, beautiful specimens of Moorishand Byzantine architecture, and remains of antiquity of raresignificance. Though in part a French town, it has a motleypopulation of Arabs, Berbers, Turks, Moors, Bedouins, Ne-groes and Maltese, and its streets offer queer spectacles ofall kinds, especially on market-days, when there are crowdsof men, women and children, bartering, watching the snake- ti charmer or listening to the oft-told tales of the story-
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