In a few hours we reach the grand fortress of Gibraltar, which keeps stern watch at the gates of the Mediterranean, and forms with the Rock of Ceuta, on the African side, the famous "Pillars of Hercules." Nothing could well be more imposing than the view of Gibraltar from the bay on its western side. Ranges of batteries rising from the shore, tier above tier, extend along its entire sea-front. At the northern extremity is the town. Every nook in the crags bristles with artillery. White barracks and gay villas, embowered in gardens and groves, occupy the midway ascent. Above all towers in rugged grandeur the summit of the Rock itself.
几个小时之后我们到达了严守着地中海大门的雄伟的直布罗陀堡垒，它和休达岩在非洲的一侧共同形成了著名的“赫丘利斯之柱”z|CY)qZnRhSz。没有什么能比从直布罗陀西侧的海湾俯瞰直布罗陀更令人难忘的了o&GiCqUw[m-dM^kc^E。一排排的炮台从岸上升起，一层叠着一层，沿着整个海滨一路延伸@;qRo6-=nMu7]hN0。最北边是一座小镇，峭壁上的每一个角落都布满了炮火-%7%71;S^h^RWxzUX。被花园和树丛包裹着的白色的营房和同性恋别墅占据了中途的上坡路,#2-8OpdFG。在所有的堡垒之中，休达岩本身的峰顶是最崎岖壮观的PgVznFFnDe0V.~ywg9。

No less striking is the contrast which presents itself when we have doubled Europa Point, and look back to the eastern side of the Rock from the bosom of the Mediterranean. The scene which we have quitted was one of busy excitement and varied life. Now one long unbroken precipice, 1400 feet in height, towers above us. There are few signs of vegetation, and none of human habitation, save only the little village of white houses in Catalan Bay, which crouches at the foot of the Rock, as if in constant dread of being crushed by the overhanging masses.
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Off Cape do Gata, the south-eastern headland of Spain—infamous to the mariner for the squalls that come suddenly down from its lofty crest—we get our last glimpse of the Peninsula, and of its brown, stern, and rugged mountains. As we skirt the African coast we discover the whereabouts of Algiers, now a French colony; then of Tunis, near which is the site of ancient Carthage, so long the rival of Rome for the supremacy of the world.
加塔距离海岬较远，西班牙东南部的海岬则因其高耸的海面会突然刮下狂风而在水手圈内臭名昭著，我们最后一次看到了半岛，看到了它那褐色的、严峻的、崎岖的山脉lKzPR]bX|n-Z!。我们在绕过非洲海岸时发现了阿尔及尔的位置，那里现在是法国的殖民地4.i17%=7,c2ZG。之后是突尼斯，附近则是古迦太基遗址，那里曾是罗马称霸世界的一个长期对手oCGK4|fV*ry%。