Rambles in sunny Spain . rom any other equal portion of the the first place, our little travels hitherto taken had in a measureprepared us for Spain. In Florida we had met with Spanish archi-tecture (especially in St. Augustine) and Spanish names of rivers,lakes, and towns, while the most fascinating portion of Floridas his-tory is that which tells of the adventures of the steel-clad cavaliersof De Soto and De Narvaez. If in the land of the Everglades we hadbeen led to think upon Spain as the mother-country, in the WestIndies again everything still pointed back to that land of the oli
Rambles in sunny Spain . rom any other equal portion of the the first place, our little travels hitherto taken had in a measureprepared us for Spain. In Florida we had met with Spanish archi-tecture (especially in St. Augustine) and Spanish names of rivers,lakes, and towns, while the most fascinating portion of Floridas his-tory is that which tells of the adventures of the steel-clad cavaliersof De Soto and De Narvaez. If in the land of the Everglades we hadbeen led to think upon Spain as the mother-country, in the WestIndies again everything still pointed back to that land of the oliveand the vine, that home of Ponce de Leon, Cortez, and Columbus. So it was, gentle reader, that our thoughts gradually shaped them-selves ; and by the time we were prepared for another journey, wehad settled upon Spain as the object of it. Without mentioningany other reason than that its historical associations fascinated us, isnot this alone enough to account for our choice ? No other land of 12 RAMBLES IN SUNNY A SPANISH COURTYARD. the Eastern Hemi-sphere is so inti-mately connectedwith the early histo-ry of America. Andin view of the nearapproach of the fourhundredth anniver-sary of the firstvoyage of Colum-bus (in 1492), webelieve that therewill be a revival ofinterest in all thingspertaining to earlySpain. Thus wereasoned together(we, — the Historianand the Professor)as we cast aboutfor another knock-about journey. Our Club, sotermed, had dwin-dled down to two,for various interestshad separated us;but we found thatthere was more realwork in this num-ber than in anydozen chance wouldbring together. SOMETHING PRELIMINARY. I ^ When you come to think of it, is there any more real fun in a crowdthan in a pair? And doesnt it always happen that no matter howmany start off together, they always separate into pairs ? Yes, two is always company, three a crowd/ With more thantwo, the company is always hauling different ways at once, and verylittle is accomplished, unless o
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