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The Project Gutenberg EBook of With a Camera in Majorca, by Margaret D'Este This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license Title: With a Camera in Majorca Author: Margaret D'Este Release Date: April 30, 2017 [EBook #54634] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WITH A CAMERA IN MAJORCA *** Produced by readbueno, Adrian Mastronardi, ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber Notes Obvious printer errors corrected. Variations in spelling, accents and hyphenation left as in the original. cover WITH A CAMERA IN MAJORCA Majorcan Country Girls Majorcan Country Girls. I WITH A CAMERA IN MAJORCA BY MARGARET D’ESTE AUTHOR OF “THROUGH CORSICA WITH A CAMERA” Kennst Du das Land wo die Citronen blühn, Im dunklen Laub die Gold-Orangen glühn, Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht, Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorbeer steht, Kennst Du es wohl? With Illustrations from Photographs by Mrs. R. M. King G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1907 (All rights reserved.) II Contents PAGE PART I Palma and its Immediate Vicinity—Porto Pi—Bellver—Castle of Alaró— Raxa 1 PART II Our First Tour in the Island:—Felanitx—Santuiri Castle—Oratorio de San Salvador—Port of Manacór—Dragon Caves—Caves of Arta—Cap de Pera 44 Second Tour:—Andraitx—San Telmo—Estallenchs—Bañalbufár 66 Third Tour:—Valldemósa—Miramar—Sollér—Fornalutx 78 Fourth Tour:—Alcudia—Pollensa—Castillo del Rey—Monastery of Lluch— Gorch Blau—Inca 94 PART III Island of Iviza—Santa Eulalia—Phœnician Necropolis—Salt Works 121 PART IV Minorca—Port Mahon—Prehistoric Altars—Ciudadéla—Rock Dwellings 142 vii List of Illustrations Majorcan Country Girls Frontispiece View of Palma Face p. 2 Signal Tower at Porto Pi ” 3 Puerta Santa Margarita ” 8 Puerta Santa Catalina ” 9 View from the Grand Hotel ” 10 Sentry Box on the Ramparts ” 11 Patio with Banana Clump ” 12 Street in Palma ” 13 Patio with Well ” 14 Patio in the Calle Zavella ” 15 Arab Baths ” 16 Door of Montesion Church ” 17 Cloisters of S. Francisco ” 18 Cloisters, Upper Corridor ” 19 Staircase of Private House ” 20 Street of the Almudaina ” 21 Lonja ” 22 Door of S. Francisco ” 23 Girl Wearing the Rebosillo ” 28 Ivizan Hound ” 29 Patio in Bellver Castle ” 32 In the Garden of Raxa ” 33 Curious Olive-Tree ” 36 Gate-Tower at Alaró Castle ” 37 Curious Olive-Tree ” 38 Curious Olive-Tree ” 39 A Wind-wheel ” 46 Group of Windmills ” 47 A Windmill ” 52 Santuiri Castle, Interior ” 53 Santuiri Castle, Exterior ” 54 Oratorio of Our Lady of S. Salvador ” 55 View of Arta ” 60 Women Weeding a Wheatfield ” 61 Entrance to the Caves of Arta ” 64 Fisherman in Phrygian Cap ” 65 View of Estallenchs ” 74 Interior of House in Village ” 75 George Sand’s Rooms at Valldemósa ” 80 View on North Coast of Majorca ” 81 Street at the Port of Sollér ” 86 Palmer from the Holy Land ” 87 View of Sollér ” 90 Old House at Fornalutx ” 91 Courtyard at Alfádia ” 94 Roman Gate, Alcúdia ” 95 Bay of Alcúdia ” 96 Moorish Waterwheel ” 97 Bay of San Vicente ” 100 Ancient Costume of Majorca ” 101 ix x Cock Fountain at Pollensa ” 104 Roman Bridge, Pollensa ” 105 Castillo del Rey ” 108 Gorch Blau ” 109 Pla de Cuba ” 116 View of the Plain around Inca ” 117 Town of Iviza ” 124 Bay of Iviza ” 125 A Purveyor of Drinking Water ” 126 Moorish Type of House ” 127 Ivizan Peasants ” 130 View of Santa Eulália ” 131 Porch of Church, S. Eulália ” 134 Phœnician Tombs ” 135 Fortified Church of San Jorge ” 138 Salt Works, Iviza ” 139 Talayot of Torello, Minorca ” 148 Prehistoric Altar, Taláto-de-Dalt ” 149 Our Galaréta ” 152 A Wild Olive-Tree ” 153 Nau-de-Tudons ” 156 Altar of Torre Trencado ” 157 Pigs’ Palace and Prehistoric Pylon ” 158 Megalithic Dwelling ” 159 Rock-cut Dwellings, San Morell ” 164 Interior of Rock-cut Dwelling ” 165 xi Jaime Lonja Andraitx Lluch Sollér Iviza Mahon Aubercuix Puig (signifying Peak) Bañalbufar Felanitx AUTHOR’S NOTE To those who are unacquainted with the Spanish language, the pronunciation of Majorcan names is such a stumbling block that the following phonetic rendering of some of those most frequently met with may be found useful:— = Ha-eé-may = Loan-ha = An-dreítsch = Lee-oók = Sole-yair = Evéess-a = M’hone = O-ber-cóotsh = Póotsch = Ban-yal-boo-fár = Fay-la-néetsch Map of Majorca Map of Majorca
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