Since this conversation occurred, Spain has justified these conclusions, by remaining unmoved amidst the storm of opinion which has swept over Europe.

London, October, 1849.

CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.

BOOK I.
PAGE
[CHAPTER I.]
THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR[1]
[CHAPTER II.]
THE CURRENTS OF THE STRAITS[21]
[CHAPTER III.]
GIBRALTAR OF THE MOORS[32]
[CHAPTER IV.]
EXCURSION ROUND THE STRAITS[51]
[CHAPTER V.]
ALGECIRAS—TARIFA[60]
[CHAPTER VI.]
CEUTA[85]
[CHAPTER VII.]
CEUTA—BOMBARDMENT OF TANGIER[114]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
CADIZ[126]
[CHAPTER IX.]
EXCURSION ROUND THE STRAITS[145]
[CHAPTER X.]
EXCURSION IN THE STRAITS—CADIZ POLITENESS[172]
[CHAPTER XI.]
CARTEIA—TYRE AND HER WARES—GLASS[188]
[CHAPTER XII.]
THE STONE OF HERCULES[204]
[BOOK II.]
THE COUNTRY OF THE ROVERS.
[CHAPTER I.]
OFF SALEE[254]
[CHAPTER II.]
RABAT[277]
[CHAPTER III.]
THE JEWS AND JEWRY IN RABAT[299]
[CHAPTER IV.]
THE BAÏRAM[317]
[CHAPTER V.]
THE SULTAN: HIS COMMERCIAL SYSTEM[332]
[CHAPTER VI.]
THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN RABAT[339]
[CHAPTER VII.]
CONNEXION BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND AMERICA[353]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE MOORS[364]
[BOOK III.]
THE ARAB TENT.
[CHAPTER I.]
HUNTING EXPEDITION TO SHAVOYA[377]
[CHAPTER II.]
KUSCOUSSOO[398]
[CHAPTER III.]
THE HAÏK[416]
[CHAPTER IV.]
A BOAR-HUNT[440]

THE
PILLARS OF HERCULES.


BOOK I.


CHAPTER I.
THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR.

“Nullus amor populi nec fœdera sunto:
Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor,
Qui face Dardanios ferroque sequare colonos;
Nunc, olim, quocunque dabunt se tempore vires.
Littora littoribus contraria, fluctibus undas
Imprecor, arma armis, pugnent ipsique nepotes.”