Copy 1, Volume 1

The Pillars of Hercules, or, A narrative of travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848 / By David Urquhart.

  • David Urquhart
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Pillars of Hercules, or, A narrative of travels in Spain and Morocco in 1848 / By David Urquhart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Gibraltar, from having been made the hotbed of revo¬ lutionists of all kinds, from Torrijos downwards, has ren¬ dered every Spanish garrison near it singularly sensitive ; thus the Phoenicians welcomed every stranger who pryed about the Straits, by throwing him into the sea.”—(p. 226.) “ There is very little intercommunication between Alge- ciras and Gibraltar; the former is the naval and military position from whence the latter is watched, and the foreigner's possession of Gibraltar rankles deeply, as well it may. Here are the head-quarters of Spanish preven¬ tive cutters, which prowl about the Bay, and often cut out those smugglers who have not bribed them, even from under the guns of our batteries : some are now and then just sunk for the intrusion ; but all this breeds bad blood, and mars, on the Spaniards’ part, the entente cordiale—(p. 227).