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does notcome.in the atmosphere,PECULIAR PIWUNDITY OF THE SOIL. 163Indeed here Is now (December) a sensible mitigationThe surface, the vegetable face of Andàlusia, i5 forthe most part one vast tract of what the continental poet of nature,. thepicturesque De Lille, caUs with justice le triste olivier.-It has muchthe tint and general exterior of our fal1ow, and is one of the greatestblessings bestowed on man. Equally hene6cent, too, is the facility'\"herein it is presented to his grasp, for every stake put down,liere alleast, grows. This may perhaps be owing to the subsoi!. '-fhe tl'eede'­cays internally, but still flourishes and bears, totally independent of solidity.Corn, wine, ~nd oil here present themselves ta the hand ofman,from the same spot of ground. The aloe, too, offers its ready assista~ceto'gnard âU, and for the division of property. Each leaf stuck downioto the gronnd gl'ows, and here forms a fence not to be enconntered,by man or beast, uoderpain ofdeath. ~t is obvions that the produceof this noble tract ofcountry might be increased ten-fold, were due advantagetaken of its waters.The banks of the river, fertile meadowsof wide extent, and verdant until autumn advances, are covered byherds of noble cattle, aIl white with black muzzles; and the towns arèoccupied by a race of men, majestic to appearance, but unfortunately$uspected of a drop of Moorish blood in their composition, whicbspoil8alhThe Al1dalusian ladies are supposedto bear the wreath of beauty inSpain ;-thête i8 DC) placewhere they might not appear in competition.Theil' vivacity is extreme; and t111salone frequently induces them to"bid accosting, welcomé ereitcomesr but by no means with a justificationof the uncharitable eon6lusii;otlsofthe wise Ulysses, or of more.IDodern wiseacres, who presüme tbey are like him intuitive, and likethemselves facetious, when malignity alone is the utmost extent of thepossession .they have to boast.A stranger, if it be an object to hiîll toyg