Identifier: storiesofpersons00bene (find matches)
Title: Stories of persons and places in Europe
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Benedict, E. L. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, London, G. Routledge and sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ispoorest vessels, besmeared them with pitch rosin and wild fire, filled themwith brimstone and other combustible matter, towed them down the channel,and then setting them on fire, sent them sailing down the wind toward thegreat fleet. At once there was a great panic among the Spaniards^ and, slipping theircables they stood pellmell out to sea. Then the little English vessels fairlyswarmed among them, dealing broadsides into every great hulk. The Span-iards soon gave up all hope of overcoming their agile foes, and thoughtonly of escape. But at the straits a south wind blew them back again inthe midst of their tormenting foes. Their only hope now, the commander thought, was to press up throughthe North Sea and round the coast of Scotland,—a movement that the Eng-lish saw with much satisfaction, for well they knew the terrors of that stormyrock-bound coast. After chasing them for a little way the English left themin the hands of the stormy winds and the cruel mercy of the waves. These
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BULL FIGHTING. 338 Persons and Places in Europe. proved to be far worse enemies than the English. An nnnsually severestorm arose, followed by tremendous hurricanes that strewed the shore withSpanish wrecks. For weeks they were imprisoned and tossed about in the winds, short ofwater, food, and clothing; nnused to the cold, and ignorant of the coast.Off Ireland seventeen ships went down with five thousand three hundredmen on board. Fifty-four ships out of the one hundred and thirty, battered and cut t(pieces, the crews worn with sickness, hunger and cold, returned to SpainThe English lost one small ship, and a hundred men. The People.—There is no more interesting people than the Spaniardsand to see all their interesting traits, costumes, ways and manners, onemust go through all parts of Spain, for in no two localities are the peoplquite alike. Each province is inhabited by a different race, eachspeaking a different dialect of the Spanish language. In characterthere is a great differen

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