“The port of Soller is a fishing village of narrow streets....”
(page [89])
“We came up with a palmer from the Holy Land, posting along at five miles an hour.”
(page [87])
The Archduke is the author of a very exhaustive and profusely illustrated work on the Balearics, “Die Balearen in Wort und Bild”; but unfortunately it is too costly a work to become generally known, or it would bring many travellers to visit the islands which the author loves so well.
On leaving Miramár we continue along the coast to Deya, a picturesque village of clustered houses and steep streets of steps, perched upon an isolated peak and backed by high mountains. Here we caught sight of a strange figure striding along the road ahead of us, and presently we came up with a holy palmer, who might have stepped straight out of the twelfth century—with cockleshells and staff, and with his sandal shoon. He was posting along at five miles an hour with a dog at his heels.