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stace, who had already threatened her with "Mark you, fair beauty," to hand her over to the Inquisition. The warships which rode at anchor during the gentle blockade last winter would not have disconcerted Amyas. He might have puzzled a bit over the absurd construction of these representatives of the European Powers, but he would have praised God, eaten breakfast, and cleared the decks for action, for an engagement with this strange prey as eagerly as he did for the black hulled frigate, and the two low

ugly looking galleys which he found within the harbour. The appearance of the country of Venezuela (which Mr. Kingsley, or Amyas, knew as "Carraccas") does not fluctuate with the varying moods of the natives. "So Westward-ho they ran-beneath the northern wall, the highest cliff on earth-" the author wrote of La Silla, the greatest peak of the range, and impregnable he naïvely states "to all but Englishmen-and zouaves." The hearts of the war correspondents will throb responsively to the description of

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THE HARBOUR OF LA GUAYRA DURING THE BLOCKADE LAST WINTER.

The Italian cruiser "Carlo Alberto" with her prizes (Venezuelan fishing boats) on the right; the Dutch mail steamer "Prinz Wilhelm II." in the centre; and the Venezuelan transport "Ossun" in the foreground. The town of La Guayra lies along the shore on the left and the railway to Caracas climbs the mountain above.

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A GORGE AT THE FOOT

OF LA SILLA.

The Governor's house. where "The Rose of Torridge" was confined, stood on the mountain side beyond the old church of El Carmen. In the foreground is a remnant of the old Spanish wall and fortification.

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