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Richard Ford’s visit to Gibraltar, 1845
Ford continues his tour of Gibraltar:
Gibraltar is soon seen; nowhere does the idler sooner get bored. There is neither letters nor fine art, the arts of making money and war accepted. The governor of this rock of Mars and Mammon resides at the convent, formerly a Franciscan one. It is a good residence. The garden, so nicely laid out by Lady Don, used to be delicious. Scotch horticulture under an Andalucian climate can wheedle everything out of Flora and Pomona.
The military traveller will, of course, examine the defences and The “Guards.” He may begin at “Land Port;” walk to the head of the Devil’s Tongue Battery ; visit the “ fish-market;” observe the finny tribe, strange in form and bright in colour ; besides these monsters of the deep, snails, toadstools, and other delicacies of the season are laid out for your omnivorous foreigner. The fish is excellent and always fresh, for whatever is not sold during the day, is either given away or destroyed at gun-fire.
Image: View of Grand Casemates Square and the Devil’s Tongue Battery, 1880.
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18-20 Bomb House Lane
PO Box 939,
Gibraltar