troducesfuch an acrimony in the blood, and caufes fUeh
a tenfion o f the fibres, as to have the moft alarming effects
on the fair fex, with every unpleafing fymptom, like
the Scirocco in Italy. J
, In the capucin's garden there is a dragon -tree, fup-
pofed to be the only one in the kingdom, though it grows
naturally in the Cape de Verd iilands, as well as at the
iiland of Madeira^«). Modern writers have fully defcribed
the extenfive commerce, affluence, and hofpitality of the
citizens of Cadiz: they are badly fupplied with water, and
their flefh market is indifferent, but the bay affords-
them a variety o f excellent fifh, particularly dories,,
called here St. Peter’s fiih (£), foals, and red mullets, witb
many other forts, of an excellent flavour (f).
(a) ProfeiTor Vandelli, of Lifbon, prineipaf botamft to the king o f Portugal has-publiilied
a treatife on the dragon tree. See “ Vandelli diiiert. de arbsre Draconis ©liilp. 17 68.?’
(ft)'So-called from a legendary tale of St. Peter,, who when he found money, in the fiih’s-
mouth to pay tribute, left the marks ©f his fingers upon the fifh.-
(c) Suarez Salazar, a prebendary of Cadiz, has publiihed the- antiquities of this city, an cillas
given a defign of the famous ftatue o f Alexander the Great, which he faw in his time,-
and fuppofes may be the fame that flood1 in the temple o f Hercules, vifited; by Gas far, which
drew tears from that illuflriouswarrior j but if, fays our author, Casfar was to-behold it againy
he would weep once more to fee it in fo bad a condition. This reverend prelate the more
clearly to evince the fpirit and vivacity o f the women of Cadiz, has colle&ed, with ihe gravity
of a fchoolman, the moft obfeene lines of Martial, Juvenal and Catullus, to illuftrate
their libidinous conduit, and this he dedicates to cardinal Don Antonio Zapata. u Grandezas
y antigüedades de la Ifla y Ciudad de Cadiz por Juan Bantifta Salazar Racionero en la Santa
Iglefia de Cadiz.” En Cadiz, 1610.
Port
Port St. Mary is a large arid handfome c i t y ; on the
north fide o f the bay, from whence it is a journey o f three
leagues to the city of Xerez, remarkable for its excellent
wine fo well known by the name o f Sherry. The beft and
richeft fort is called Pagarette, from the Spanifh word
Pago, a diftricl, and particularly applied to this vintage.
In onc aranzado (an acre o f vineyard) they plant 1800
vines at regular diftances. It is reckoned a good year
i f it gives three butts per acre, middling i f it .gives two,
bad if it gives but one, but fome years it yields four or
five (a).
Medina Sidonia is fix leagues from Xerez, then the city
o f Arcos, feated on a cragged rock, at the foot of which
runs the river Guadalete, on whofe banks the unfortunate
Roderic the laft Gothic king o f Spain loft his life
and dominions; a route of ten hours through a ftony
country leads to the village o f Algodonales lying under
a high mountain, pierced through from Eaft to' Weft.
The people here have a tradition that this place was
built by the Romans who had made this perforation in
fearch o f a mine.
(a) Names of grapes: - - Pedro ximencs, palominOy cantcazo, alvillo,bejaregd, mantudo, pentinc,
mufcadel large and fmalt, calona for eating, feral and molinar both for eating and wine, beb*%
to eat, almunecar for wine.
The firft year the vine is czYled farmiento, a flioot; fecond, grenuela, little fruit and not
good ; third, defcavezados, pruned; fourth, vwote, much fruit and not good wine ) fifth,
majuela, compleat vine makes good wine* The vines continue ten years in full force, and laft
a hundred years with proper care.