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intercourse with other people. They lie flat on their backs
resting their guns on their toe and fire on their enemies
thus rendering their rock inaccessable to foes”.

Below the rock is a large city extending quite to the
ocean. Now we are nearing Giberalter. Captain says
“Who sees it first shout.” It is a great rocky mountain
three miles in length. On the northern side it is con-
nected to the continent of Spain by an isthmus. The
northern form of the rock is perpendicular. The summit
is 1400 ft above the coast of the sea and commands an
extensive view of Spain and Africa. The Eastern side
is full of precipices. It is narrow and almost inaccessable.
The western side is rugged and perpendicular slopes
its base towards the sea and presents a level upon which
a town is built which is secured from attacks by
powerful batteries. One street traverses the town which
is filled with shops. It has one church a Catholic
chapel, and three synagoges, an naval hospital, barracks
theater, and other handsome buildings. The commerce