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ROCK OF GIBRALTAR.
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direction of the vessel, and adjusting the rigging,
had made all the preparation that was possible; but
■when the blast struck us, every timber shook, and
the masts creaked and bent as if they were just
ready to snap, but the good bark held her own,
and, in a minute afterwards, we had cleared the
track of this aerial torrent.
" So free from danger, free from fear,
We passed the gap, right glad -we were."
The east wind continued, with more or less vio-
lence, for three days, but on the 4th the weather
was quite calm. We availed ourselves of this op-
portunity to visit Gibraltar a second time, and ex-
plore the Rock and fortifications. As it is not, I
believe, very common for American travellers to
take Gibraltar in their tour of Europe, some account
of this extraordinary fortress may not he unaccept-
able. Before speaking particularly of what we
saw during our visit, it may be proper to observe,
by way of introduction, that the Rock of Gibraltar
constitutes a peninsula, which extends directly
south from the Spanish coast, at the narrowest
part of the straits connecting the Mediterranean
with the Atlantic.
This peninsula, which is joined to the mainland
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direction of the vessel, and adjusting the rigging,
had made all the preparation that was possible; but
■when the blast struck us, every timber shook, and
the masts creaked and bent as if they were just
ready to snap, but the good bark held her own,
and, in a minute afterwards, we had cleared the
track of this aerial torrent.
" So free from danger, free from fear,
We passed the gap, right glad -we were."
The east wind continued, with more or less vio-
lence, for three days, but on the 4th the weather
was quite calm. We availed ourselves of this op-
portunity to visit Gibraltar a second time, and ex-
plore the Rock and fortifications. As it is not, I
believe, very common for American travellers to
take Gibraltar in their tour of Europe, some account
of this extraordinary fortress may not he unaccept-
able. Before speaking particularly of what we
saw during our visit, it may be proper to observe,
by way of introduction, that the Rock of Gibraltar
constitutes a peninsula, which extends directly
south from the Spanish coast, at the narrowest
part of the straits connecting the Mediterranean
with the Atlantic.
This peninsula, which is joined to the mainland