CHAPTER II.

San Roque--Singular Title of "the City Authorities"--Situation--Climate--The late Sir George Don, Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar--Anecdote Illustrative of the Character of the Spanish Government--Society of Spain--The Tertulia--The Various Circles of Spanish Society Tested by Smoking--Erroneous Notions of English Liberty and Religion--Startling Lental Ceremonies.....41