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Title: A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Jacob, Robert Urie
Subjects: Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, The J. C. Winston co
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ears. The streets throughwhich we proceeded were clean but narrow. The side-walks were only wide enough for two people to walkside by side. The buildings were constructed of graylimestone similar to that of which the great Rock iscomposed. The presence of an army in this stronghold was indi-cated by the large number of soldiers we met. Anofficer wh®m we questioned kindly told us that thegarrison consisted of about six thousand men, and thatprovisions sufficient to feed that number for five yearsin-case of siege were at all times kept in storage. Headvised us to visit the Lower Galleries of the forti-fications on the heights and obtain the view from thatpoint, and then to attend the afternoon band concertin the park. But our limited stay did not permit us tofollow his suggestions. In some respects, said the Major, Gibraltar israther a dull post for the officers stationed here; butwe have a large library, billiard and club rooms, courtsfor tennis, and ground for polo. We have also many
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(33) 34 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT, dances and riding parties, and occasionally attend theSpanish bull fights which take place in the large bullring across the bay at Algeciras. )f^ The great variety of uniforms worn by the soldiers ofEngland was particularly noticeable. We saw squadsin khaki uniforms carrying quarters of beef toward thebarrack buildings on the hill; a detachment in Scotch kilts marching torelieve the guardson sentinel dutyat the neutralground; manysmart lookingcorporals and ser-ge ants in shortred jackets andlittle red capsplaced jauntily onthe sides of theirheads, carryingshort canes; anelderly lookingofficer in spotlesswhite flannel, towhom the mili-tary salute wasgiven by all soldiers who passed him; numbers ofofficers in red coats and white duck trousers; and agroup of troopers in undress uniform of coarse white orgrey, who had been grooming the horses in the stables.Other things of interest that the camera of our eyes

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