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THE MEDITERRANEAN

[Illustration]


THE MEDITERRANEAN

Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins

by

T. G. BONNEY, E. A. R. BALL, H. D. TRAILL, GRANT ALLEN,
ARTHUR GRIFFITHS AND ROBERT BROWN

Illustrated with Photogravures






New York
James Pott & Company
1907




CONTENTS


                                                                      PAGE

  I. THE PILLARS OF HERCULES,                                            1

    Portals of the ancient world--Bay of Tangier at sunrise--
    Tarifa--The Rock of Gibraltar--Wonders of its
    fortifications--Afternoon promenade in the Alameda Gardens--
    Ascending the Rock--View from the highest point--The Great
    Siege--Ceuta, the principal Spanish stronghold on the
    Moorish coast--The rock of many names.


  II. ALGIERS,                                                          28

   