INDEX
A
Aboukir, and Nelson’s victory, [253-255]
About, Edmond, on the importance of Marseilles, [95]
Abruzzi Mountains, [326]
Aba-Abul-Hajez, builder of Moorish Castle, Gibraltar, [15]
Abyla, Phœnician name of Ceuta, [26]
Aci Castello, [300]
Aci Reale, [300]
Acis and Galatea, [300]
Æneas and the games at Trapani, [318]
Africa, “Crystal atmosphere” of, [5]
Agate Cape, [57]
Agay, [148]
Agnone, [302]
Alameda Gardens, Gibraltar, [13]
Alassio, [159]
Alban, Mont, [143]
Alcantara, Valley of the, [300]
Alexander the Great, founding Alexandria, [237]
Alexandria, [96];
appearance from the sea, [235];
historical interest, [236];
Alexander’s choice of the site, [237];
harbor, [238];
main street, [240];
Grand Square, [241];
Palace of Ras-et-teen, [243];
view from Mount Caffarelli and the Delta, [244];
Pompey’s Pillar, [246];
Library, [247];
the Serapeum, cemeteries, mosques, Coptic convent, and historic landmarks, [248];
defeat of Antony, and Napoleon, [251];
Ramleh, [251];
Temple of Arsenoe, [252];
Aboukir Bay and Nelson, [253], [254];
Rosetta, Haroun Al Rashid, and the English expedition of 1807, [256];
fertility of the Delta, [258];
Cairo and the rising of the Nile, [260];
Damietta, [261];
Port Said, [261], [262];
ruins of Pelusium, [263];
Suez Canal and M. de Lesseps, [264]
Algeciras, [4], [23], [24]
Algeria, [78], [97]
Algiers, [96], [123];
“a pearl set in emeralds,” [28];
the approach to, and the Djurjura, [29];
the Sahel, Atlas, and the ancient and modern towns, [30];
cathedral and mosque, [31];
tortuous plan of the new town, [33], [34];
Mustapha Supérieur, and English colony, [35], [37];
a Moorish villa, [38];
view from El Biar, Arab cemetery, and idolatry, [39];
superstitions and climate, [41]
Alhendin, [59]
Ali, Mehemet, [239];
his works in Alexandria, [241], [242];
destroys English troops at Rosetta, [257]
Almeria, [55], [56], [57]
Alps, The, [131];
the Julian, [147], [148], [154]
Alpujarras, The, [44], [55]
Altinum, [231]
Amalfi, [345], [347], [349]
Amru, [236]
Amsterdam and its canals, [219]
Anacapri, [344]
Anchises, [318]
André, St., [139], [143]
Angelo, Michael, and the marble quarries at Seravezza, [197]
Ansedonia, [211]
Antibes, [96], [147], [151], [152]
Antipolis, [151]
Antony, Mark, defeated by Octavius at Mustapha Pacha, [251]
Apes’ Hill, English designation of Ceuta, [26]
Aquæ Sextiæ, or Aix, Roman colony on the site of Marseilles, [109]
Arabic legend and the Moorish Castle, Gibraltar, [15]
Aragon, Kings of, Palace of the, at Barcelona, [67], [83]
Arbiter, Petronius, [122]
Aristophanes, and the sausage-seller, [148]
Arles, [110]
Arsenoe, Temple of, and the story related by Catullus, [252]
Aryan Achæans, [108]
Aryan and Semite struggle against Christianity and Mohammedanism, [4]
Athanasius at Alexandria, [236]
Athens, [96]
Atlantic, Ideas of ancient Greeks respecting the, [2]
Atlas, Mount, [29]
Attard, “village of roses,” [291]
Attila, [233]
Augustine, St., and the angel, [213];
at St. Honorat, [150]
Augustus, and Turbia, [153]
Autran, Joseph, [122]
Avenza, [195]
Avernus, [338]
Avignon, [96]
B
Bab-el-Sok, gate of the market-place at Tangier, [6]
Baiæ, [339]
Balzac, witty remark on dinners in Paris, [89]
Balzan, [291]
Barbaroux, [122]
Barcelona, [21], [95], [123];
eulogy of Cervantes, the promenades and the people, [61];
funerals, and the flower-market, [62];
streets, Rambla, and cathedral, [65];
Palais de Justice, and Parliament House, [66];
Palace of the kings of Aragon, [67];
museum, park, and monuments to Prim and Columbus, [69];
bird’s-eye view, Fort of Montjuich, Mont Tibidaho, [70];
cemetery and mode of burial, [71];
festival of All Saints, [72];
Catalonia, and the church of Santa Maria del Mar, [74];
organ in cathedral, and the suburbs, [77];
Gracia, [77];
Sarria, [78];
Barceloneta, [79];
Academy of Arts, schools, music, the University, and workmen’s clubs, [80];
Archæological Society, primary education, and places of amusement, [82];
history of, [83];
trade, healthful properties, and charitable institutions, [84];
churches, convents, electric lighting, population, and Protestantism, [86];
democracy, and holidays of, [87];
Mariolatry, [88];
Caballaro, [89];
climate, [90];
hotels, [90];
good looks of the men and women, the police, [92];
progressive tendencies, the post-office and passports, [93]
Barco, Hamilcar, founder of Barcelona, [82]
Barral des Baux, [121]
Barthélemy, [122]
Baths of Barcelona, [90];
of Cleopatra, [250];
of Caratraca, [44]
Bay of Biscay, [1]
“Belgium of the East,” The, [251]
Bellet, Le, [139]
Belzunce, Monseigneur, and the plague at Marseilles, [113], [114]
Bentinck, Lord W., and his attack on Genoa, [166]
Bérenger, [122]
Berenice, and the Temple of Arsenoe, [252]
Bighi, [288]
Boabdil, last king of Granada, [59]
Boccaccio, and the church of St. Lorenzo, Naples, [232]
Bordighera, [158]
Boron, Mont, [125]
Bouchard, M., and the Egyptian stone at Rosetta, [257]
Britain, and Tangier, [4];
and the acquisition of Gibraltar, [22]
Browning, Robert, and Gibraltar, [6]
Bruèys, Admiral, defeated by Nelson at Aboukir Bay, [254]
Buena Vista, Gibraltar, [14], [23]
Bull-fights at Barcelona, [82], [87];
at Malaga, [54]
Burgundians, The, [109]
Burmola, [289]
Byng, Rear-Admiral, and the siege of Gibraltar, [22]
C
Cabo de Bullones, Spanish name of Ceuta, [26]
Cadiz Bay, [6]
Café at Gibraltar, [11]
Cagliari, [96]
Cairo, [258];
rising of the Nile, [260]
Cala Dueira, [271]
Calpe, Rock of (Gibraltar), [2], [14]
Camaldoli hills, [326]
Campyses, at Pelusium, [262]
Canal, Grand, at Venice, [222-228]
Cannes, [125], [130];
“a Babel set in Paradise,” [150];
principal streets, and origin, [151];
fortifications of Vauban, and Roman remains, [152]
Capraja, [207]
Capri, [326];
changes in appearance, [334];
its fascination, [339];
historical associations, [340];
palaces of Tiberias, [341];
its beautiful women, [342];
Blue Grotto, [343]
Carabacel, [127], [138]
Caratraca, Baths of, [44], [50]
Carinthia, Dukes of, [233]
Carlos, Don, and the rising in Barcelona, [84]
Carnival at Nice, [133]
Carqueyranne, [147]
Carrara, church of St. Andrea, and the marble quarries, [196];
mosquitos, [197]
Cartama, [51]
Carthagenians, and Genoa, [162];
destruction of Selinus, [319]
Casal Curmi, [291]
Casal Nadur, [273]
Cassian, St., and the monastery of St. Victor, Marseilles, [116]
Castellaccio, Fort of, [297]
Castellamare, [345]
Castiglione della Pescaia, [209]
Castile, [25]
Castle, Moorish, at Gibraltar, [15]
Catacombs at Alexandria, [249]
Catania, [302]
Cathedral, at Gibraltar, [13];
at Marseilles, [98];
at Genoa, [80];
at Barcelona, [65];
at Nice, [129];
at Almeria, [57];
at Algiers, [31];
at Pisa, [194];
St. Mark’s, Venice, [224-226]
Catullus, and his story relating to the temple of Arsenoe, [252]
Cemetery at Alexandria, [248]
Cervantes, eulogium on Barcelona, [61]
Ceuta, [17];
origin of name and history of, [25];
main features of, [26];
ancient names, and shape of rock, [26]
Champollion, M., and the Egyptian stone at Rosetta, [258]
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, and his palace at Genoa, [172]
“Charles III., King,” [21], [22]
Charles V., [20]
Château d’If, [105]
Chiavari, [186]
Chioggia, [230]
Cholera, The, at Marseilles, [112]
Cimiez, [127], [138];
monastery and amphitheatre of, [139], [142]
Civita Vecchia, its founder and history, [213]
Cleopatra, and Antony, at Alexandria, [236];
Baths of, at Alexandria, [250]
Cleopatra’s Needle, [246]
Columbus, Monument to, at Genoa, [177];
monument at Barcelona, [69];
his reception at Barcelona by Ferdinand and Isabella, [69], [83]
Cominetto, [270]
Comino, [268], [272]
Concha, General, and the sugar-cane industry of Malaga, [51]
Constantinople, [95]
Contes, [139]
Convent, Coptic, at Alexandria, [248]
Coneto, “lifts to heaven a diadem of towers,” [212];
churches, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, and origin, [213]
Cornigliano, [147]
Corno, Remains of, [212]
Corradino, [288]
Cosspicua, [289]
Cremation suggested for adoption in Barcelona, [71]
Cressy, Battle of, [179]
Cumæ, [333], [339]
Cyclops, The, and the Scogli dei Ciclopi, [301]
Cyrus, [94]
D
Damanhour, [258]
Damietta, [261]
Darby, Admiral, and the siege of Gibraltar, [18]
Delord, Taxile, [122]
Delta, Egyptian, Fertility of the, [258]
Djama-el-Kebir, Mosque at Tangier of the, [6]
Djurjura, The, [29]
Don, General, and the Alameda Gardens, Gibraltar, [13]
Doria, Andrea, and his influence in Genoa, [164], [173];
incidents in his life, [176]
Drinkwater, Captain John, and the siege of Gibraltar, [18]
Dumas, Alexandre, allusion to Pozzuoli, [338]
D’Urfé, [122]
E
“Eagle-Catchers,” The (87th Regiment), [4]
Edward, son of King John of Portugal, and his expedition against Tangier, [25]
Egypt, variety of interest connected with, [238];
inscribed stone at Rosetta, [257];
agricultural wealth of, [258];
the “gift of the Nile,” [259];
English expedition of 1807, [256]
Elba, quarries and mines of, [203];
Napoleon’s confinement, plans for improving the island, and his escape, [203-206]
El Hacho, signal-tower at Gibraltar, [16], [26]
Elliot, General, Monument at Gibraltar to, [13];
the siege of Gibraltar, [17], [18]
English statuary, Defective, [13]
Eryx, [318]
Esparto grass, [56]
Espérandieu, and the church of Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseilles, [117]
Estepona, [23]
Estérel, The, [148], [150]
Etna, [295-303]
Etruscans, The, [211]
Euganean Hills, The, [230]
Eugénie, Empress, Spanish origin of, [55]
Euroklydon, The, at Malta, [270]
Europa Point, Gibraltar, [13];
cottage at, [14], [18]
Euthymenes, [97];
statue at Marseilles, [100]
F
Falicon, [139], [144]
Famine at Genoa, [165]
Ferdinand, Don, and the Portuguese at Ceuta, [25]
Ferdinand and Isabella, reception of Columbus at Barcelona, [69], [83]
Ferdinand IV., [317]
Ferrat, Cape, [141]
Fiescho, Count, [177]
Filfla, [271]
Flower Market, at Marseilles, [102];
at Barcelona, [63]
Follonica, [209]
Folquet, [121]
Formica, [209]
Fortifications of Gibraltar, [16];
of Genoa, [164];
of Cannes, [152];
Ventimiglia, [157]
Fortuny, his paintings at Barcelona, [66], [80]
Fossa Claudia, [230]
France, and the siege of Gibraltar, [16];
captures Genoa, [164];
and Barcelona, [84]
Fraser, General, and the English expedition to Egypt of 1807, [256]
Frejus, Gulf of, [147]
Funeral at Venice, A, [229]
Funerals at Barcelona, [75]
G
Galliera, Duchess of, and the Palazzo Rosso, Genoa, [172]
Garibaldi, Birthplace of, [126];
crossing Calabria, [298];
landing at Marsala, [318]
Genoa, once a rival of Venice, [160];
its detractors, [161];
the beauty of its women, [162];
history, [163], [164];
old and new towns, [166];
position, and view from the slopes, [166];
mediæval churches, narrowness of streets, and the palazza, [168];
the Via Nuova, [170];
Fergusson on the architecture of, [171];
the Palazzo Ducale, and the Statue of Hercules, [172], [173];
incidents in the life of Doria, [176];
monument to Columbus, [177];
the “old dogana,” [179];
the Exchange, trade in coral, precious metals, and filigree work, [180];
the cathedral, [180];
reputed origin of, [182];
church of L’Annunziata, and the Campo Santo, [182];
the environs, [184];
meeting-place of the Rivieras, [185];
railway to Spezzia, and places on the coast, [187]
George I., and Gibraltar, [22]
Giardini, [298]
Gibel Mo-osa, Moorish name of Ceuta, [26]
Gibraltar, [4];
Robert Browning’s reference to, [6];
resemblance to a lion, [7];
landing at, [8];
variety of nationalities at, [10];
picturesqueness, [10];
population, [11];
strict military regulations, and chief objects of interest, [12], [13];
Moorish Castle, [15];
fortifications, [16];
siege of, [16-19];
capitulation to the Prince of Hesse, [22];
the “key of the Mediterranean,” [21]
Girgenti, “City of Temples,” monuments of Pagan worship, and Pindar’s designation, [307];
Temple of Concord, [309];
Temple of Hercules, ravages of earthquakes, and Shelley’s allusion in “Ozymandias,” [311], [312]
Golfe de la Napoule, [148]
Gondolas of Venice, [222]
Gothard, St., [228]
Gough, Colonel, his defeat of Marshal Victor at Tarifa, [4]
Government House at Gibraltar, [23]
Gozo, [270], [272], [273]
Granada, [17], [59]
Greeks, at Gibraltar, [10];
their trade at Marseilles, [106], [109], [110]
Grimaldi, The, [179]
Gros, Mont, [139]
Grosseto, [209]
Grotto, at Malta and St. Paul, [293];
of Sta. Rosalia, [317];
Di Posilipo, [335];
at Capri, [343]
Guelphs, The, and Genoa, [163]
Guzman, Alonzo Perez de, and his act of defiance at Tarifa, [4]
Gzeier, [271]
H
Hamilcar Barca, and Pellegrino, [317]
Hamrun, [291]
Harbor of Marseilles, [106]
Haroun al Rashid, reputed birthplace, [256]
Hepaticas, Valley of, [139]
“Hercules, Pillars of,” [1], [2], [5], [17]
Hercules and Temple at Girgenti, [311];
Temple at Selinunto, [319]
Hesse, Prince of, and the acquisition of Gibraltar, [22]
Hicks, Captain, and the siege of Gibraltar, [22]
Hieroglyphics, Egyptian, at Rosetta, [257]
Hiram, and Malaga, [46]
Homeric era, “Pillars of Hercules” in the, [2]
Honorat, St., [149]
Hougoumont, Château of, [15]
Hyères, [96], [146]
Hypatia at Alexandria, [236]
I
Iberian race of Genoa, [162]
Imtarfa, [292]
Ischia, [326]
Islands of the Blest, [2]
Israfel, The Angel, and a belief of the Moslems, [249]
Ivory on houses in Tangier, [5]
J
Jews, at Gibraltar, [10]
John of Portugal, King, takes Ceuta from the Moors, [25]
Joseph of Arimathea, and the sacro catino at Genoa, [181]
Jumper, Captain, and the siege of Gibraltar, [20]
Jupiter, Temple of, at Ortygia, [304]
K
Keats, Grave of, [194]
L
La Haye, Farmhouse of, [15]
La Mortola, Point, [157]
Laguna Morta, The, at Venice, [230]
Landslip at Roquebrune, [156]
Lane-Poole, Mr. Stanley, and the Nile, [259]
Las Palmas, [296]
Lazarus, Legend respecting, at Marseilles, [116]
Leghorn, its dullness, [163];
history, and canals, [201];
streets, harbor, trade, statue of Ferdinand, and burial-place of, Smollett, [202]
Lentini, [302]
Leo, The constellation, and Berenice’s locks, [252]
Lepanto, Battle of, [221]
Lerici, and Shelley’s last days, [192]
Lérins, Vincent de, at St. Honorat, [149]
Lesseps, M. de, and the Suez Canal, [264]
Lia, [291]
Library, Garrison, at Gibraltar, [13];
at Alexandria, [247]
Lighthouse of Ta Giurdan, [272]
Liguria, noted for the cunning of its people, [162]
Ligurian Sea, [146]
Limpia, Harbor and village of, [127]
Lion of St. Mark at Venice, [226]
Lisbon, [21]
Louis XIV., [97];
and the storming of Barcelona, [83]
Luna, Remains of, [194]
Lyons, Climate of, [90]
M
Macgregor, Mr. John (Rob Roy), and the ruins of Tanis, [263]
Magnan, The, [139]
Malaga, [95];
rapid development, [43];
climate, general appearance, and convenient position for excursions, [44];
the Alpujarras, [44];
Phœnician origin, [46];
history, [48];
water supply, [48];
the vineyards, [50];
sugar industry, [51];
Castle, Grecian Temple, and the Alcazaba, [51];
attractiveness of the women, [54];
harbor, [53];
Almeria, [55];
Cape de Gatt, [57];
the Sierra Tejada, the Sierra Nevada, [58];
Trevelez and Alhendin, [59];
Lanjaron, the Muley Hacen, and the Picacho, [60]
Malamocco, [230]
Malta, [267];
“England’s eye in the Mediterranean,” [267];
formerly a peninsula of Africa, and its fertility, [268];
Gozo, Comino, and Cominetto, and the Fungus Melitensis, [270];
the Gozitans, [272]
Man with the Iron Mask, [149]
Maremma, The, [209]
Marengo, Battle of, [165]
Marfa, [274]
Marguerite, Ste., [145]
Mariette Bey and the ruins of Tanis, [263], [264]
Mark, St., at Alexandria, [236];
reputed place of burial, [250];
Lion at Venice, [224]
Marriages of Greeks at Marseilles, [107]
Marsala, [318]
Marseilles;
its Greek origin, and importance as the capital of the Mediterranean, [94];
history, [96], [109];
appearance from the sea, [97];
the Old Port and the Cannebière, [98], [99];
the Bourse, promenades, and statues of Pytheas and Euthymenes, [100];
flower market and the Prado, [102];
the Corniche road and bouillabaisse, [103], [104];
Public Garden, Château d’If, and the quays, [105];
harbors, Greek merchants, and marriage customs, [106-108];
Greek type in the physique of the people, [109];
hotels, cholera, plague, and the mistral, [112], [113];
Palais des Arts and the Church of St. Victor, [115], [116];
Church of Notre Dame de la Garde, [117];
Chain of Estaques, fortress, and people, [119];
birthplace of distinguished men, [121];
its proud position, [123]
Martin, Cap, [156]
Mary, The Virgin, image at St. Victor’s, Marseilles, [119]
Mascaron, [122]
Massa, Quarries and palace at, [197]
Massena, General, at Genoa, [165]
Mediterranean, The deep interest connected with the cities and ruins on the shores of the, [2];
Tarifa, [3], [4];
Tangier, [4-6];
Gibraltar, [6-18];
Algeciras, San Roque, and Estepona, [23];
Ceuta, [25], [26];
Marseilles, [94-123];
Genoa, [160-191];
Barcelona, [61-93];
Alexandria, [234-264];
Nice, [124-144];
Malta, [267-294];
Malaga, [42-60];
Algiers, [28-41];
Tuscan Coast, [192-218];
Sicily, [295-324];
Naples, [325-350];
Venice, [219-233];
The Riviera, [145-159]
Megara, Bay of, [303]
Mentone, [103];
mountain paths, [125], [131];
walks and drives at, [157], [158]
Menzaleh, Lake, [262], [263]
Mery, [122]
Messina, route from Naples, [295];
general appearance, trade, cathedral, university, etc., [297]
Minden, [19]
Mirabeau imprisoned at Château d’If, [105]
Misada, [291]
Mistral, The, [112];
at Nice, [131]
Mole at Gibraltar, [9], [14], [15], [20]
Monaco, description of, [153], [155]
Monreale, Cathedral and Abbey of, [316]
Monte Carlo, [131];
its beauty, [155]
Monte-Cristo and Château d’If, [105]
Montpellier, [90]
Monuments to Elliot and Wellington at Gibraltar, [13]
Moorish Castle at Gibraltar, [15]
Moors in Gibraltar, [10];
Ceuta taken from the, [25];
in Spain, [47]
Mosque of the Djama-el-Kebir at Tangier, [6];
at Algiers, [31]
Mosques of Alexandria, [250]
Murano, [231]
Musta, [292]
Mustapha Pacha, [251]
N
Naples, its population and trade, [95];
beauty of position, and charming environs, [325];
sordid surroundings of the port, [327];
streets, trades, and al fresco toilettes, [328];
Piazza degli Orefici, and cruelty to animals, [329], [330];
snails, goats, water sellers, and chapel of St. Januarius, [330];
churches of Sta. Chiara, S. Domenico Maggiore, and S. Lorenzo, [332];
antiquities of National Museum, Capri, Villa Nazionale, and Grotto di Posilipo, [333];
“Corniche” of Posilipo, and Roman ruins, [335];
Pozzuoli, [335];
Monte Nuovo and Avernus, [337];
environs of Baiæ and Cumæ, and fascination of Capri, [339];
the drive to Castellamare, [345];
Sorrento, [346];
Amalfi, [347];
Salerno, [349]
Napoleon, Wars of, and Tarifa, [4];
and Genoa, [165], [181];
seizure of Barcelona, [83];
defeat at Alexandria, [251], [255];
and a project for a Suez Canal, [264];
at Malta, [287];
confinement at Elba, and escape, [203-206];
at Venice, [222]
Napoleon III., acquires Nice, [129]
Negroes at Gibraltar, [10]
Nelson, feasted at the Moorish Castle, Gibraltar, [16];
victory at Aboukir Bay, [253], [254];
at Capraja, [207]
Nervi, [186]
Nevada, Sierra, [58], [59]
Nicæa, [126], [127]
Nice, [21], [96], [102];
the Queen of the Riviera, [124];
mountains, and its detractors, [125];
three distinct towns—Greek, Italian, and French, [126];
harbor and village of Limpia, and its early history, [127];
Castle Hill, [128];
Raüba Capeu, and the mistral, [131];
Italian division and the Promenade du Midi, [132];
cathedral of St. Réparate, the modern town, and the Promenade des Anglais, [133];
beauty of the private gardens, carnival and battle of flowers, [134], [135];
the Jardin Public, quays on the Paillon bank and casino, [137];
theatre, Préfecture, flower market, the Ponchettes, the Place Masséna, the Boulevards Victor Hugo and Dubouchage, Cimiez and Carabacel, [138];
suburbs, [139];
the road to Monte Carlo, and Monaco, [141];
Villefranche, and the infinite charms of, [141];
heights of Mont Alban, and the Magnan valley, [143];
“gloriously beautiful,” [144]
Nicholas Alexandrowitch, The Czarewitch, death at Nice, [138]
Nile, The, alluvial deposit, [237];
battle of the, [253];
fertilizing properties, [260]
Nimes, [110]
Notabile, antiquity and manufactures, [290];
cathedral and churches, [292]
Nuovo, Monte, [337]
O
“Oceanus River,” designation of the Atlantic in Homeric times, [2]
Octavius, defeat of Antony at Mustapha Pacha, [251]
Odessa, [123]
O’Hara’s Folly, tower at Gibraltar, [17]
Orange, [110]
Oranges, at Spezzia, [189]
Orbitello, Etruscan relics at, [210]
Ortygia, Island of, [303];
temple of Jupiter, and the Latonia, [304];
Greek Theatre, [305]
Ostia, [216], [217]
Ostrogoths, The, and Marseilles, [109]
P
Pæstum, Temples of, [349], [350]
Paillon, The, [139]
Paintings in the Palais des Arts, Marseilles, [115]
Palazzi, The, of Genoa and Venice, [168]
Palermo, [312];
first impressions disappointing, and the imposing aspect of the streets, [312];
the Palazzo Reale, [315];
the Cappella Palatina, church of Martorana, and the Cathedral, [316];
observatory, Monreale, [316];
museum, and the rocks of Pellegrino, etc., [321], [322];
the Piazza Marina, [322];
its beauty at sunset, [323]
Pallanza, [147]
Pammilus of Megara, and the founding of Selinus, [319]
Pastoret, [122]
Patrick, St., at St. Honorat, [150]
Paul, St., wrecked at Gzeier, [271];
popularity at Malta, [293]
Peak of Teneriffe, and the rock at Ceuta, [27]
Pegli, [186]
Pellegrino, Monte, [316], [317]
Pellew, Admiral, and the destruction of the pirate fleet, [215]
Pelusium, ruins of, [263]
Perini del Vaga, his frescoes at Genoa, [175]
Petrarch, [333]
Pharos of Tarifa, The, [3]
Philip V., [22];
bombards Barcelona, [83]
Phocæa, [94]
Phœnicians, their designation of Ceuta, [26];
at Marseilles, [95];
and Malaga, [46]
Pianosa, [206];
historical associations, [206]
Pietra Santa, [197]
Pietro Negro, [271]
“Pillars of Hercules,” [1];
in Homeric times, [2], [5], [24], [96]
Pindar and his designation of Agrigentum, [308]
Piombino, [207]
Pirates of Barbary, [97]
Pisa, rival of Genoa, [163];
Cathedral, Campo Santo, baptistry, and leaning tower of, [198], [199]
Plague, The, at Marseilles, [112], [113];
at Palermo, [317]
Pliny, [247]
Polyphemus and Aci Reale, [198]
Pompey’s Pillar, [247]
Pons, St., [139]
Populonia, [207];
defeat of Lars Porsenna of Clusium, and possession by the Etruscans, [208]
Port Said, [258];
coaling station, [262]
Porto (Tuscany), [216], [217]
Portugal, King John takes Ceuta from the Moors, [25]
Pozzuoli, Bay of, [326], [334], [335];
town of, [335];
allusion of Alexandre Dumas, [338]
Prim, Monument to, at Barcelona, [69]
Proserpine, Temple of, at Imtarfa, [292]
Ptolemy Philadelphus and the Temple of Arsenoe, [252]
Punta de Africa, The, the African Pillar of Hercules, [24]
Pyrgos, [214]
Pytheas, [97];
statue at Marseilles, [100]
Q
Quarry of the Cappucini, [305]
R
Rabato, [272]
Rameses, and Pelusium, [263]
Ramleh, [251]
Rapallo, Bay of, [186]
Raphael, [175]
Raphael, St., [146]
Raymond des Tours, [121]
Recco, [186]
Revolution, French, and Venice, [222]
Riva, [147]
Riviera, The, general aspect, [145];
origin of name, [146];
extent, and climate, [147];
the Estérel, Agay, Golfe de la Napoule, [148];
Ste. Marguerite, and St. Honorat, [149];
Cannes, [150-154];
Monaco, [153];
Monte Carlo, [155];
Mentone, [155], [158];
Roquebrune, [156], [157];
Bordighera, and San Remo, [158];
Alassio and Savona, [159]
Riviera di Levante, [146], [185]
Riviera di Ponento, [146], [185]
Rodney, Lord, and the siege of Gibraltar, [18]
Roger II., [314]
Rogers, Samuel, on Andrea Doria, [173]
Romans, The, at Marseilles, [97], [110];
at Genoa, [162];
at Nicæa, [128];
at Malaga, [46]
Ronda, Mountains of, [17]
Rooke, Sir George, and the siege of Gibraltar, [21]
Roquebrune, [156];
quaint story connected with, [156]
Rose, The Chevalier, and the plague of Marseilles, [113]
Roses of the Riviera, [145]
Rosetta, [253];
reputed birthplace of Haroun Al Rashid, [256];
English expedition of 1807, [256];
archælogical discoveries, [258]
Rosia Bay, Gibraltar, [14], [20], [23]
Rostang, [121]
Rusellæ, [211]
Ruskin, Professor, on St. Mark’s, Venice, [223], [224]
S
Sacro catino, The, at Genoa, [181]
Sahel Mountains, The, [30]
Sais, [263]
Salerno, temples at, [349]
Salles, De, [121]
Salmun, [293]
Salvian, at St. Honorat, [150]
San Remo, [131], [158], [159]
San Roque, [23]
San Salvador, [291]
Santa Croce, Cape, [303]
Santa Marinella, [214]
Santa Severa, [214]
Saracens, at Marseilles, [109];
at Genoa, [163];
at Civita Vecchia, [212]
Sarcophagus of Ashmunazar, King of Sidon, at Girgenti, [308]
Savona, [159]
Savoy, Counts of, and Nice, [129]
Scoglio Marfo, [271]
Scylla and Charybdis, [295]
Sebta, or Septem, derivation of “Ceuta,” [25]
Segesta, [319];
temples at, [320]
Selinunto, [319];
ancient temples at, [320]
Senglea, [289]
Serapeum, The, at Alexandria, [248]
Serapis, Temple of, [236]
Seravezza, Marble quarries at, and Michael Angelo, [197]
Serpentine at Spezzia, [188]
Shakespeare, allusion to the Nile, [260]
Sheba, Queen of, and the sacro catino in the cathedral of Genoa, [181]
Shelley, last days at Lerici, and death, [192], [193]
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, and the siege of Gibraltar, [21]
Sicily, appearance from the sea, [295];
Messina, [296], [297];
Taormina, [297], [298];
Etna, and Aci Reale, [299], [300];
Ortygia, [303];
Syracuse, [303];
Girgenti, [307];
Palermo, [312-318];
San Guiliane, [318];
Selinunto, [318];
Monte Pellegrino, [322]
Siege of Gibraltar, [17-20]
Sierra of the Snows, The, [17]
Simos and Protis, supposed founders of Marseilles, [94]
Smollett, Tobias, Grave of, [202]
Snails as an article of diet, [330]
Soldiers at Gibraltar, [11]
Sorrento, [130], [345];
and Tasso, [346]
Sovana, [211]
Spain, Rock of Calpe, [2];
landing of first Berber Sheikh, [3];
antiquity of the Moorish Castle, Gibraltar, [15];
driven from Gibraltar, [19];
acquires Ceuta, [25];
and Columbus, [178];
the most Catholic country in the world, [74];
great number of holidays, [87];
Caballero, lady novelist, [88];
piquancy of the women, [91];
unsettled condition of, [92]
Spanish, The, at Gibraltar, [11]
Spanish Succession, War of the, [22]
Spezzia, Scenery around, [160];
arsenal of, [168];
exquisite scenery and remarkable situation, [187];
oranges at, [189];
villages around, [190];
harbor and men-of-war, [191];
Bay of, [192]
Stanfield’s painting of Vico, [346]
Statuary, English, its inferior character, [13]
Stone, Egyptian, with inscription, at Rosetta, [257]
Strabo, [247]
Stromboli, [317]
Suez Canal, [96], [123];
construction by M. de Lesseps, a dream realized, [264]
Syracuse, interest and beauty of, [303]
T
Taggia, [158]
Talamone, [211]
Tangier, Bay of, [4];
distant view and features of the town of, [5];
expedition of Edward, son of King John of Portugal, against, [25]
Tanis, Ruins of (Zoan of the Old Testament), [263]
Taormina, [297];
elevation of, [298];
beautiful prospect and ruins of Greek theater, [299]
Tarascon, [96]
Tarif Ibn Malek, first Berber sheikh who landed in Spain, [3]
Tarifa, The Pharos of, [3];
the arms, town, and history of, [4]
Tarquinii, Ruins of, [212]
Tasso and Sorrento, [346]
Tejada, Sierra, [58]
Teneriffe, [296]
Termini, [312]
Terral, The, of Malaga, [43]
Tête de Chien, [153]
Thackeray and bouillabaisse, [104]
Theodore, St., statue at Venice, [226]
Thiers, M., [122]
Tiber, The, [215]
Tintoret, [175]
Titian, [175]
Torcello, the ancient Altinum, [231]
Torre dell’ Annunziata, Manufacture of macaroni at, [345]
Trajan, founder of Civita Vecchia, [216]
Tramontana, The, of the Riviera, [43]
Trapani, [318]
Trevelez, [59]
Trinacria, [318]
Turbia, The, [103]
Turks, at Gibraltar, [10]
Tuscan coast (see Lerici, Sarzana, Carrara, Pisa, Leghorn, Elba, Civita Vecchia, etc.).
U
University of Barcelona, [80];
of Velletta, [286];
of Messina, [297]
Urban V., Pope, and the church of St. Victor, Marseilles, [116]
V
Valletta, [267];
fortress, buildings, population, and abundance of labor, [274], [275];
the Port, [275];
military station, and peculiar construction, [276];
Strada Reale, [278];
the people, and public buildings, [280];
the Knights, and various sieges, [284];
military hospital, [286];
the University and the prison, [286];
visit of Bonaparte, and the Strada Mezzodi, [287];
suburbs, [289];
Notabile and Hamrun, [290];
popularity of St. Paul, [293];
cathedrals, [293], [294]
Vanderdussen, Rear-Admiral, and the siege of Gibraltar, [22]
Vegetation at Marseilles, [104]
Veii, [212]
Venice, [95], [122];
contrasted with Genoa, [160];
rival of Genoa, [163];
the palazzi of, [168];
a town unequalled in Europe, and general aspect, [219];
history, [221];
formation and shape, [222];
view of San Marco from the Piazza, [223-226];
date of erection, restoration, and interior of St. Mark’s, [225];
view from the Molo, and the Grand Canal, [226], [227];
a funeral, [229];
islands sheltering it from the sea, [230-232]
Ventimiglia, Fortifications of, [157]
Venus, Temple of, shrine at Eryx, [318]
Venus Zephyrites, [252]
Vesuvius, [161], [326]
Viareggio, Recovery of Shelley’s body at, [193], [198]
Vico, [346]
Victor, Marshal, dispersal of his army by Colonel Gough at Tarifa, [4]
Villa Franca, [21];
treaty of, [129];
picturesqueness of, [141]
Virgil, reference to the cunning of Ligurians, [161];
the Elysian Fields, [338]
Visigoths, The, [109]
Vittoriosa, [289]
Vulcano, [317]
W
Wade, Marshal, [13]
War of the Spanish Succession, [22]
Wauchope, General, at Rosetta, [256]
Wellington, Monument at Gibraltar to, [13]
Whittaker, Captain, and the siege of Gibraltar, [22]
Women, of Genoa, [162];
restrictions at the Cathedral of Genoa against, [181];
of Spain, [92];
of Nice, [129];
their attractiveness at Malaga, [54];
of Naples, [328];
of Capri, [342]
X
Xerxes, [94]
Y
Young, Dr., and the Egyptian stone at Rosetta, [258]
Z
Zerka, [273]
Footnotes:
[1] History of Modern Architecture.
[2] Dennis: “Cities of Etruria.”
[3] Dennis: “Cities of Etruria,” I., p. xxxii.
[4] Ruskin: “Stones of Venice.”
[5] Alison’s “History of Europe.”
[6] Sir Theodore Martin.
[7] In Homeric times, as is shown by the Odyssey, the Nile was called Αἰγυπτος, a name which was afterwards transferred to the country.