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This did not cause us much regret, for we could no longer stay there without fear of being drowned in our rooms; but our invalid was not in a condition to be moved without danger, especially by such means of transport as are available in Majorca, and in the weather then obtaining.
There is none of that steamy, clammy, moist heat during the day, which is sometimes so difficult to bear in the English summer; and as for the spring of Australia, it is simply perfection. It was mid-winter when I arrived in Majorca that is, about the end of June, corresponding with our English December.
How one longs to have his full, true, and particular account of the six months he spent with George Sand in Majorca! We are to understand that it was Chopin who did the weeping, and pouting, and "scene" making while George Sand did the consoling, the pooh-poohing, and the protecting. Liszt had already given us a characteristic anecdote of this Majorca period.
Tío Ventolera passed from Riquer to earlier valorous corsair commanders, but Jaime, annoyed by his chatter, ever displaying a desire to overwhelm the island of Majorca, its hostile neighbor, at last grew impatient. "It's twelve o'clock, grandfather. Let's go in; the fish have quit biting." The old man glanced at the sun, which had passed beyond the crest of the Vedrá.
I will, said Picrochole, give him fair quarter and spare his life. Yea, said they, so that he be content to be christened. Furthermore, you shall take into your hands Majorca, Minorca, Sardinia, Corsica, with the other islands of the Ligustic and Balearian seas.
The ordinary business of a banking office is tolerably well known, but the business of gold-buying is a comparatively new feature, peculiar to the gold-producing districts, and is, therefore, worthy of a short description. The gold is found and brought to us in various forms. The Majorca gold is generally alluvial, consisting of coarse gold-dust and small nuggets washed out from the gravel.
Let me describe one of the mines, close to Majorca, down which I went one day to inspect the operations. It is called the Lowe Kong Meng mine, and was formerly worked by Chinamen, but had to be abandoned because of the great quantity of water encountered, as well as the accidents which constantly happened to the machinery.
Some resting-places between the middle Mediterranean and Southern Spain must have been a necessity; and as the North African coast west of Hippo offered no good harbours, it was necessary to seek them elsewhere. Now Minorca has in Port Mahon a harbour of almost unsurpassed excellence, while in Majorca there are fairly good ports both at Palma and at Aleudia.
I accordingly took my final leave of Majorca early in December just as summer was reaching its height; and after spending three more pleasant weeks with my hospitable and kind friends in Melbourne, took my passage in the steamer for Sydney, and set sail the day after Christmas.
At dusk he sought out Toni Clapés in the Borne. With the confidence which the contrabandist inspired in him he asked him for money. "I don't know when I can return it. I am leaving Majorca. Everything is going to ruin, but I must not stay to see it." Clapés gave Jaime more money than he asked for.
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