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قراءة كتاب Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2
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Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2
E X C U R S I O N S
IN THE
MOUNTAINS
OF
RONDA AND GRANADA,
WITH CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES
OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTH OF SPAIN.
BY
CAPTAIN C. ROCHFORT SCOTT,
AUTHOR OF “TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND CANDIA.”
hasta los codos, en esto que llaman aventuras.”
Don Quijote.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,
GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
—
1838.
LONDON:
F. SHOBERL, JUN. 51, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKET.
D E D I C A T I O N.
To the Valued Friends who witnessed, and whom a congeniality of taste led to enjoy with me, the scenes herein described—whose wearied limbs have sought repose upon the same hard floor—whose spoons have been dipped in the same Gazpacho, I dedicate these pages.
In the course of our perigrinations we have often observed to each other,
“Hæc olim meminisse juvabit.”
C. ROCHFORT SCOTT.
Woolwich, 26th October.
CONTENTS
OF
T H E F I R S T V O L U M E.
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| PREFATORY CHAPTER | |
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| PAGE | |
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Containing little more than an Invocation—A Dissertation—A Choice of Miseries—A Bill of Fare—And a Receipt for making a Favourite Spanish Dish |
1 |
| CHAPTER I | |
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Gibraltar—Forbidden Ground—Derivation of the Name—Curious Provisions of the Treaty of Utrecht—Extraction of Saints without a Miracle—Demoniacal Possessions—Beauty of the Scenery—Agremens of the Garrison—Its Importance to Great Britain, but Impolicy of making it a Free Port to all Nations—Lamentable Changes—Sketch of the Character of the Mountaineers of Ronda—English Quixotism—Political Opinions of the Different Classes in Spain |
21 |
| CHAPTER II | |
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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 |
| CHAPTER III | |
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Country in the Vicinity of San Roque—Ruins of the Ancient City of Carteia—Field of Battle of Alphonso the Eleventh—Journey to Ronda—Forest of Almoraima—Mouth of the Lions—Fine Scenery—Town of Gaucin—A Spanish Inn—Old Castle at Gaucin—Interior of an Andalusian Posada—Spanish Humour—Mountain Wine |
59 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
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Journey to Ronda Continued—A Word on the Passport and Bill of Health Nuisances, and Spanish Custom-House Officers—Romantic Scenery—Splendid View—Benadalid—Atajate—First View of the Vale of Ronda—A Dissertation on Adventures, to make up for their absence—Ludicrous Instance of the Effects of Putting the Cart before the Horse |
83 |
| CHAPTER V | |
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The Basin of Ronda—Sources of the River Guadiara—Remarkable Chasm through which it flows—City of Ronda—Date of its Foundation—Former Names—General Description—Castle—Bridges—Splendid Scenery—Public Buildings—Amphitheatre—Population—Trade—Smuggling—Wretched State of the Commerce, Manufactures, and Internal Communications of Spain, and Evils and Inconvenience resulting therefrom—Rare Productions of the Basin of Ronda—Amenity of its Climate—Agremens of the City—Excellent Society—Character of its Inhabitants |
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| CHAPTER VI | |
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Ronda Fair—Spanish Peasantry—Various Costumes—Jockeys and Horses—Lovely view from the New Alameda—Bull Fights—Defence of the Spanish Ladies—Manner of Driving the Bulls into the Town—First Entrance of the Bull—The Frightened Waterseller—The Mina, or Excavated Staircase—Ruins of Acinippo—The Cueva del Gato—The Bridge of the Fairy |
121 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
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Legend of the Fairy’s bridge |
150 |
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