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naval victory of 18o5. Near Trafalgar, the river Barbate issues into the straits of Gibraltar, after receiving several small tributaries, which combine with it to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form, near its mouth, the broad and marshy See also:

LAGUNA, or LA LAGUNA

Laguna de la Janda. Punta Marroqui, on the straits, is the southernmost promontory of the See also:

EUROPEAN

European mainland. The most conspicuous feature of the See also:

east coast is See also:

ALGECIRAS, or ALGEZIRAS

Algeciras Bay, overlooked by the See also:

rock and fortress of Gibraltar. The river Guadiaro, which drains the eastern See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands, enters the Mediterranean See also:

close to the frontier of Malaga. In the interior there is a striking contrast between the comparatively level western See also:

HALF

half of Cadiz and the very picturesque See also:

mountain ranges of the eastern half, which are well wooded and abound in See also:

GAME

game. The whole region known as the Campo de Gibraltar is of this See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character; but it is in the See also:

north-east that the summits are most closely massed together, and attain their greatest altitudes in the Cerro de See also:

San Cristobal (5630 ft.) and the Sierra del Pinar (5413 ft.). The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is generally mild and temperate, some parts of the coast only being unhealthy owing to a marshy See also:

SOIL

soil.

Severe drought is not unusual, and it was largely this cause, together with want of See also:

capital, and the dependence of the peasantry on farming and fishing, that brought about the See also:

DISTRESS

distress so prevalent See also:

early in the 20th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. The manufactures are insignificant compared with the importance of the natural products of the soil, especially wines and See also:

OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives. Jerez de la Frontera (Xeres) is famous for the manufacture and export of See also:

SHERRY

sherry. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries furnish about 2500 tons of See also:

fish per annum, one-fifth See also:

PART

part of which is salted for export and the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest consumed in Spain. There are no important mines, but a considerable amount of See also:

salt is obtained by evaporation of sea-See also:

WATER

water in pans near Cadiz, San Fernando, Puerto Real and See also:

SANTA

Santa Maria. The railway from Seville passes through Jerez de la Frontera to Cadiz and San Fernando, and another See also:

LINE

line, from See also:

Granada, terminates at Algeciras; but at the beginning of the loth century, although it was proposed to construct See also:

RAILWAYS

railways from Jerez inland to Grazalema and coastwise from San Fernando to See also:

TARIFA

Tarifa, travellers who wished to visit these places were compelled to use the old-fashioned See also:

DILIGENCE

diligence, over indifferent roads, or to go by sea. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal seaports are, after Cadiz the capital (pop. 1900, 69,382), Algeciras (13,302), La Linea (31,862), Puerto de Santa Maria (20,120), Puerto Real (10,535), the naval station of San Fernando (29,635), San Lucar (23,883) and Tarifa (11,723); the principal inland towns are Arcos de la Frontera (13,926), See also:

CHICLANA, or CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA

Chiclana (1o,868), Jerez de la Frontera (63,473), See also:

Medina Sidonia (11,040), and Vejer de la Frontera (11,298). These are all described in See also:

SEPARATE

separate articles. Grazalema (5587), Jimena de la Frontera (7549), and San Roque (8569) are less important towns with some See also:

trade in See also:

leather, See also:

cork, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

FARM

farm produce. They all contain many Moorish antiquities, and Grazalema probably represents the See also:

ROMAN

Roman Lacidulermium.

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