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1236. variegated lines of the motley multitude below. By far the
gr. ge. most dignified and interesting fgure is the Moor, who, with
his turban, rich yellow slippers, ample flowing robes, and
bare legs, presents & picturesque figure which is admirably
contrasted with that of a Catalonian, who—with a red cap:
which depends from a black band that encircles his head,
like a long bag down nearly to his waist, pantaloons which
are braced up to his armpits, and short round jacket, —may
be seen jostling with the idle smuggler, with his leather embroidered
 leggings, his breeches of velvet adorned with side
rows of bright basket buttons, his sash, embroidered jacket,
and grotesque conical hat; whose life is a romance and probably
 a tragedy, and every one of whose gestures is viewed
with interest as the by-play of one who by turns acts the
part of a contrabandista, a bandit, or an assassin. Next is
the Jew, who is here beheld in the most abject guise of his
despised class: a rude mantle of the coarsest blanketing
covers his crouching figure, bent by the severe toil with
which he here earns a miserable subsistence; he is waiting
with a patient and leaning aspect the call of some purchaser.
His bare legs and uncovered head and the ropes indicative
of his laborious calling, which are probably fastened loosely
about his waist, altogether give him the appearance of one
who has been condemned to a life of penance for the expiabion
 of some heinous crimes :—alas, he is only the personification
 of the fate of his tribe! But I could not find space
to portray the minor features of the scene before me.
Here are English, French, Spanish, Italian, Mahometans,
Christians, and Jews, all bawling: and jostling each other,
some buying, others selling or bartering, whilst the fierce
competition for profit is maintained by a mingled din of the
Spanish, Arabic, Lingua Franca, and English tongues. This
is a scene only to be viewed in Gibraltar, and it is worthy of
the pains of a pilgrimage from afar to behold it.