The gates at the northern end open upon Spanish territory. The central part of the isthmus is known as the Neutral Zone, at the southern end of which are gates marking the frontier of the British possessions. It is connected with the mainland of Spain by a sandy isthmus two miles long. The Gibraltar peninsula runs almost due north and south, and is about three miles long and three-quarters of a mile across at the widest part. Navy Ports of the World: Gibraltar terr neutral, Note: Cf. Pepper, coffee, and fig trees flourish here also.” ( U.S. Geraniums 10 feet in height and heliotrope in profusion add beauty to the scene and fill the air with fragrance. Luxuriant and tropical vegetation produces a horticultural effect which would be hard to surpass. “The Gardens are beautifully situated between the British and Spanish towns. Several varieties are cultivated in gardens, where the fruit arrives at great perfection, and trees of great size have been grown, one having been measured at 48 feet in circumference, and supposed to be upwards of 200 years old. Note: In Gibraltar, the fig tree is observed to grow in the fissures of the rocks where there is scant soil, and in places where it could not have been cultivated. Kings, chapter x., and the tradition is that they came from Africa by means of a subterranean passage under the strait, as they are averse to swimming.“ UN7: (V.A.2) 1(c) in Alameda UN7: (V.A.2) 1(d) figtrees, Green They are of the same kind as those for which King Solomon sent to Tharshish, as mentioned in I. On the way we caught sight of a dozen or more apes that have long resided, they and their predecessors, on the rock, and are carefully preserved. Knox's The Boy Travellers in Southern Europe: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through Italy, Southern France, and Spain, With visits to Gibraltar and the Islands of Sicily and Malta (New York, 1894), we read: ”From the galleries we ascended to the signal-station, which has been a signal-station or beacon from very ancient times. The actual extent of the subterranean passages has never been ascertained, and exaggeration and popular fancy find in it a fertile subject the vulgar believing that it is the mouth of a communication beneath the Strait with Mount Abyla, and that by this sub-oceanic passage the apes upon the Rock found their way from Africa.Īnon, Gibraltar and Its Sieges (1879), 35 Note: On page 542 of Thomas W. Page: UN7 (V.A.2) 1 UN7: (V.A.2) 1(a) “Penelope” Note: Source:- Gibraltar Directory UN7: (V.A.2) 1(b) undersea passage to Af.