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The Innocents Abroad
Part 6 of 6

CHAPTER LIX
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Afterward, charades and a lecture from Dr.
C.Dominoes.
"No date--Anchored off the picturesque city of Cagliari, Sardinia.
Staid till midnight, but not permitted to land by these infamous foreigners.

They smell inodorously--they do not wash--they dare not risk cholera.
"Thursday--Anchored off the beautiful cathedral city of Malaga, Spain .-- Went ashore in the captain's boat--not ashore, either, for they would not let us land.

Quarantine.

Shipped my newspaper correspondence, which they took with tongs, dipped it in sea water, clipped it full of holes, and then fumigated it with villainous vapors till it smelt like a Spaniard.

Inquired about chances to run to blockade and visit the Alhambra at Granada.


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