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 the fairest and most interesting regions of the south of Spain. We find awaiting us a Spanish railway train belonging to the Compañia de Ferro Carriles Andaluces. The sun is beating fiercely upon the asphalt platform, and we hastily ensconce ourselves within a stuffy carriage wherein we find already lodged two women and two men, who, like all travelers, look with disfavor upon intruding fellow-passengers.

SPANISH CUSTOM-HOUSE

The train now starts, and as from the windows we look out across the bay to where Gibraltar's mass slowly changes shape as we progress, we are disturbed by the precipitate