The lover has many opportunities of presenting his mistress with some flower, the language of which is quite intelligible. On the “ferias” and other merry meetings of a similar nature, of which there very many, the lover has excellent opportunities, ...

The difficulty lies in the fact that we are strangers, that we must have our luggage carried, and that we won´t give way extortion. One man came and calmly asked two pesos and toston (seven shillings) for a bag and two small cameras. We offered him o...

At 2.10 we reach La Guancha, a small hamlet of no particular interest, and thirty minutes more find us with our faces turned once more towards Puerto, clattering over the paved street of San Juan de la Rambla, the quiet, sedate little village which w...

We proposed to the alcalde last night to take his photograph, at which he was much pleased. We told him, however, that he must be ready very early, as when the sun was up high the lights and shadows would be too strongly contrasted. He promised to be...