journey

GIBRALTAR TO MALAGA.
noble ítyle; to them the far-fetched
tea, the painted china, and the fumes
of coíFee, are unknown; clean earthen
bowls of milk, warm from the goat,
a baíket of grapes, with their rich
bloom courting the touch, and a
pyramid of figs, ítill gliftening with
the morning dew, crowned the ruftic
board,
Our hoft was pleafed at the pre-
ference we had given his cottage, and
we had much reafon to praife his
hofpitality; for which he conftantly
refufed the leaíl gratuity.
The habitation of thefe happy vil-
lagers convinced me how few are the
articles fufficient to render our ex-
jftence not only eafy but comfortable:
the hovjfe we were in coníifted of two
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