EXCURSIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF RONDA AND GRANADA, WITH CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTH OF SPAIN |
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Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and Granada: With ..., Volume 1 Charles Rochfort Scott Affichage du livre entier - 1838 |
Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and Granada: With ..., Volume 1 Charles Rochfort Scott Affichage du livre entier - 1838 |
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Page 51 - It is evident from these remains, that a great change has taken place in the character of the...
Page 323 - From the north wall of the court rises the campanilla, or belfry, from the summit of which a fine view is obtained of the city.
Page 95 - Hidalguia* of the province; — who, proud of the little patch of land their forefathers' swords conquered from the accursed Moslems, would as soon think of denying the infallibility of the Pope, as of taking up their abode amongst the mercantile inhabitants of the mushroom suburb. The New Town, however, I must needs confess,—despite all aristocratic predilections,—is by far the most agreeable place of residence.
Page 171 - A good pair of hands at the work may furnish three hundred a day; but (as the children cannot make half that number), taking the average at two hundred, gives a daily supply of 140,000. The manufactory of Seville employs 1,000 men and 1,600 women. These 2,600 persons may be calculated as furnishing, on an average, 250 each per diem; or, altogether, 650,000. Add to this number the 140,000 made at Malaga, and we have 790,000 as the " total of the whole
Page 171 - Malaga, and we have 7!)ll,(HHl аз the " total of the whole" manufactured daily in Spain. The persons employed in the manufacture of cigars are paid at the rate of one real vellón for fifty, which enables even a first-rate maker to earn but fifteen pence a day.