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 52 MALAGA the apodal, wanting ventrals and sometimes tli.- j.ectorals, including the eel family. J. MQller limits the term to the group acombere- tocida of the suborder pharyngognathi, in- cluding the flying fish. This is rejected by Van der Hoeven, who returns to Cuvier's divisions, adding, however, a few families. (See FISHES, and ICHTHYOLOGY.) MALAGA. 1. A S. province of Spain, in An- dalusia, bordering on Cadiz, Seville, Cordova, Granada, and the Mediterranean ; area, 2,822 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 505,010. The surface is irregular, being traversed from N. E. to S. W. by ranges of the Sierra Nevada, forming most picturesque and fertile plateaux and valleys, watered by innumerable streams. The chief rivers are the Jenil, constituting part of the N". boundary, the Guadiaro, and the Guadaljorce, Guadalmedina, and Velez-Malaga. Lead, iron, tin, zinc, quicksilver, and manganese are found in large quantities. The climate is one of the hottest in Europe, but the great heat is tempered by refreshing breezes from the southwest. The vegetation is everywhere luxuriant ; the prin- cipal products are grapes of various kinds, es- pecially those named muscatel and Jaere, the sugar cane, pineapples, chirrimoyas, and other delicious tropical fruits, aniseed, cumin, liquor- ice root, sumach, cork, and cochineal. The manufactures include silks, satins, cotton and hemp fabrics, morocco leather, wicker ware, hats, paper, soap, chemicals, and above all the far-famed Malaga wines. Agriculture and fish- ing are the chief industries in the interior and along the coast. The principal towns, besides the capital, are Velez-Malaga, Alora, Anteque- Malaga. ra, Colmenar, Ronda, Marbella, and Estepona. II. A city, capital of the province, on a gulf of the same name in the Mediterranean, 262 m. 8. by W. of Madrid ; pop. about 100,000, or with the suburbs, 130,000. It stands in the centre of a wide bay, surrounded by walls with nine gates, and flanked by high mountains, on the base of which it rises in amphitheatre ; and seen from the sea it presents, with the ruins of its ancient fortifications and its Moorish cas- tle, the Gibralfaro, on a lofty eminence to the east, an aspect of much grandeur. The streets, nr:iH all I'xtivmdy narrow, and many of them not admitting vehicles, give the town a pecu- foorish appearance. The Guadalmedina, crossed by two good bridges, traverses the city from N. K. to S. W., dividing it into two quar- ters; but th- rivor, which in winter becomes a formidable torrent inundating the streets, is dry in summer, whx-ii its bed serves as a thor- oughfare. The houses (numbering about 7,000 in 1864) are large and high, and, being all white, look remarkably gay and clean. Most of them are built round a court. The Alameda, near the port, one of the most beautiful promenades in Spain, is surrounded by sumptuous edifices, and embellished with a number of fountains and statues, with rich marble seats at intervals through the grounds. In the Plaza del Riego is a monument to the memory of Torrijos and his 49 confederates executed by order of Mo- reno on Dec. 11, 1831 ; and the Paseo de Re- ding is an agreeable resort. Chief among the public buildings is the cathedral, begun in 1538, and completed in 1719 ; it is a stately structure in the composite style, with a spire 300 ft. high, and magnificent decorations; the high altar and choir are noteworthy for the perfec- tion of their carved works representing the twelve apostles and many saints. The episco-