An English merchant made interest for us and procured us a lodging in the house of one Señor Martínez, a Spanish gentleman of rather reduced fortune, but ample habitation. He was literally living in a palace, by himself; a terrible “progresista” and ...

The sun is about to set. Do our ears deceive us? No! It is a military band, and there come the soldiers, a very French-looking edition of soldiers indeed. They enter the Grand Square, march round its open area, and draw up in a circle at one end. Fas...

The Moorish arrangement of a dwelling appears pre-eminent in suitability to a burning climate; for it affords in the interior court, such charming retreats, for man and choice plants from dusty winds and the blinding light outside. Nowhere else that ...

There are two classes of barbers, one of them being styled surgeon-barbers, who are qualified to do many things of this sort. John has paid two visits to a barber to have his hair cut, but the sights he saw were sufficient to deter him from again rep...

The markets afford a never-ending delight. There is the fish market with its strangely bright-coloured denizens of the deep. Some of that mullet will appear for your breakfast, and a better kind is not to be had. Then the fruit market, with its cartl...