Category: Travel Writing
Departure from Cordoba--Post Road to Cadiz--Carlota--Ecija--Carmona--Road from Ecija to Gibraltar--Locusts--Osuna--Saucejo--An Olla in perfection--Ronda--Splendid Scenery on the road to Grazalema--Distant View of Zahara--Grazalema--Extensive Prospect from the Pass of Bozal--Se...
Departure from Cordoba--Post Road to Cadiz--Carlota--Ecija--Carmona--Road from Ecija to Gibraltar--Locusts--Osuna--Saucejo--An Olla in perfection--Ronda--Splendid Scenery on the...
2. CHAPTER II.Departure for Cadiz--Road round the Bay of Gibraltar--Algeciras--Sandy Bay--Gualmesi--Tarifa--Its Foundation--Error of Mariana in supposing it to be Carteia--Battle of El Salado...
3. CHAPTER III.Cadiz--Its Foundation--Various Names--Past Prosperity--Made a Free Port in the hope of ruining the trade of Gibraltar--Unjust Restrictions on the Commerce of the British Fortres...
4. CHAPTER IV.Choice of Roads to Seville--By Lebrija--Mirage--The Marisma--Post Road--Cross Road by Los Cabezas and Los Palacios--Difficulty of Reconciling any of these Routes with that of th...
5. CHAPTER V.Society of Seville--Spanish Women--Faults of Education--Evils of Early Marriages, and Marriages de Convenance--Environs of Seville--Triana--San Juan De Alfarache Santi Ponce--Ru...
6. CHAPTER VI.Ronda to Gaucin--Road to Casares--Difficulty in Procuring Lodgings--Finally Overcome--The Cura's House--View of the Town from the Ruins of the Castle--Its Great Strength--Ancien...
7. CHAPTER VII.8. CHAPTER VIII.A Shooting Party to the Mountains--Our Italian Piqueur, Damien Berrio--Some Account of his Previous Life--Los Barrios--The Beautiful Maid, and the Maiden's Levelling Sire--Road...
9. CHAPTER X.Don Luis's Narrative is interrupted by a Boar--The Batida resumed--Departure from Sanona--Road to Casa Vieja--The Priest's House--Adventure with Itinerant Wine-Merchants--Depart...
10. CHAPTER XI.Departure for Madrid--Cordon drawn round the Cholera--Ronda--Road to Cordoba--Teba--Erroneous Position of the Place on the Spanish Maps--Its Locality agrees with that of Ategua,...
11. CHAPTER XIII.Unforeseen Difficulties in Proceeding to Madrid--Death of King Ferdinand--Change in our Plans--Road to Andujar--Alcolea--Montoro--Porcuna--Andujar--Arjono--Torre Ximeno--Difficu...
12. CHAPTER XIV.Malaga--Excursion of Marbella and Monda--Churriana--Benalmania--Fuengirola--Discrepancy of Opinion respecting the Site of Suel--Scale to be adopted, in order to make the measure...
13. CHAPTER XV.A Proverb not to be lost sight of whilst travelling in Spain--Road to Monda--Secluded Valley of Ojen--Monda--Discrepancy of Opinion respecting the Site of the Roman City of Mund...
14. CHAPTER XVI.15. CHAPTER I.DEPARTURE FROM CORDOBA--POST-ROAD TO CADIZ--CARLOTA--ECIJA--CARMONA--ROAD FROM ECIJA TO GIBRALTAR--LOCUSTS--OSUNA--SAUCEJO--AN OLLA IN PERFECTION--RONDA--SPLENDID SCENERY ON THE...
16. CHAPTER II.DEPARTURE FOR CADIZ--ROAD ROUND THE BAY OF GIBRALTAR--ALGECIRAS--SANDY BAY--GUALMESI--TARIFA--ITS FOUNDATION--ERROR OF MARIANA IN SUPPOSING IT TO BE CARTEIA--BATTLE OF EL SALADO...
17. CHAPTER III.CADIZ--ITS FOUNDATION--VARIOUS NAMES--PAST PROSPERITY--MADE A FREE PORT IN THE HOPE OF RUINING THE TRADE OF GIBRALTAR--UNJUST RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMMERCE OF THE BRITISH FORTRES...
18. CHAPTER IV.CHOICE OF ROADS TO SEVILLE--BY LEBRIJA--MIRAGE--THE MARISMA--POST ROAD--CROSS ROAD BY LAS CABEZAS AND LOS PALACIOS--DIFFICULTY OF RECONCILING ANY OF THESE ROUTES WITH THAT OF TH...
19. CHAPTER V.SOCIETY OF SEVILLE--SPANISH WOMEN--FAULTS OF EDUCATION--EVILS OF EARLY MARRIAGES, AND MARRIAGES DE CONVENANCE--ENVIRONS OF SEVILLE--TRIANA--SAN JUAN DE ALFARACHE--SANTI PONCE--R...
20. CHAPTER VI.RONDA TO GAUCIN--ROAD TO CASARES--FINE SCENERY--CASARES--DIFFICULTY IN PROCURING LODGINGS--FINALLY OVERCOME--THE CURA'S HOUSE--VIEW OF THE TOWN FROM THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE--ITS...
21. CHAPTER VII.The baths of Manilba lie about seventeen miles N.N.E. of Gibraltar, and four, inland, from the sea-fort of Savanilla. The town, from which they take their name, is about midway...
22. CHAPTER VIII.A SHOOTING PARTY TO THE MOUNTAINS--OUR ITALIAN PIQUEUR, DAMIEN BERRIO--SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS PREVIOUS LIFE--LOS BARRIOS--THE BEAUTIFUL MAID, AND THE MAIDEN'S LEVELLING SIRE--ROAD...
23. CHAPTER IX.I need not tell enlightened Englishmen--commenced Don Luis--that the name I bear is no common one. The Casería which you there see, and all the shady glens we here look down upo...
24. CHAPTER X.DON LUIS'S NARRATIVE IS INTERRUPTED BY A BOAR--THE BATIDA RESUMED--DEPARTURE FROM SANONA--ROAD TO CASA VIEJA--THE PRIEST'S HOUSE--ADVENTURE WITH ITINERANT WINE-MERCHANTS--DEPART...
25. CHAPTER XI.DEPARTURE FOR MADRID--CORDON DRAWN ROUND THE CHOLERA--RONDA--ROAD TO CORDOBA--TEBA--ERRONEOUS POSITION OF THE PLACE ON THE SPANISH MAPS--ITS LOCALITY AGREES WITH THAT OF ATEGUA,...
26. CHAPTER XII.It was at Castrò el Rio that we last met Don Carlos; it is now eleven years since,--rather more, but still I have a perfect recollection of it. My memory, indeed, is the only th...
27. CHAPTER XIII.UNFORESEEN DIFFICULTIES IN PROCEEDING TO MADRID--DEATH OF KING FERDINAND--CHANGE IN OUR PLANS--ROAD TO ANDUJAR--ALCOLEA--MONTORO--PORCUNA--ANDUJAR--ARJONA--TORRE XIMENO--DIFFICU...
28. CHAPTER XIV.MALAGA--EXCURSION TO MARBELLA AND MONDA--CHURRIANA--BENALMAINA--FUENGIROLA--DISCREPANCY OF OPINION RESPECTING THE SITE OF SUEL--SCALE TO BE ADOPTED, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MEASURE...
29. CHAPTER XV.A PROVERB NOT TO BE LOST SIGHT OF WHILST TRAVELLING IN SPAIN--ROAD TO MONDA--SECLUDED VALLEY OF OJEN--- MONDA--DISCREPANCY OF OPINION RESPECTING THE SITE OF THE ROMAN CITY OF MU...
30. CHAPTER XVI._Don Fernando Septimo, por la gracia de Dios, rey de Castilla, de Leon, de Aragon, de las dos Sicilias, de Jerusalem, de Navarra, de Granada, de Toledo, de Valencia, de Galicia,...