ed from Gibraltar by a local steamer. About one hour
is allowed to make the connection with the train. Eclipse travellers
going to this part of Spain who wish to take advantage of their
proximity to Granada and Seville will find the following time-table
usefully suggestive:--

May 16, W. Gibraltar to Granada, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
" 17, T. At Granada.
" 18, F. At Granada.
" 19, S. Granada to Seville, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
" 20, Sun. At Seville.
" 21, M. At Seville.
" 22, Tu. Seville to Cordova, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
" 23, W. At Cordova.
" 24, T. Cordova to Alcazar, 2 a.m. to 3 p.m.
" 25, F. At Alcazar.
" 26, S. At Alcazar.
" 27, Sun. At Alcazar.
" 28, M. Eclipse day.

Corresponding to the above International train there is an express from
Paris on Mondays reaching Algeciras on Wednesdays. This, of course,
might suit the convenience of Eclipse travellers proposing to go to
Spain _via_ France, and perhaps return _via_ Gibraltar. The time
occupied by the International train between Paris and Algeciras and
_vice versa_ is about 49 hours.

LONDON TO ALICANTE.

The central line of the eclipse quits Spain at Cape Santa Pola about
10m. S. of Alicante (pop. 40,000): it crosses the line of the Alicante
and Madrid railway at Novelda (pop. 8000) a station about 20m. inland
from Alicante.

Alicante may be reached from England as follows:--(1) All sea, _via_
Gibraltar and Malaga; (2) all land, _via_ Paris, Biarritz and Madrid
(1077m.), or Paris, Lyons and Perpignan (1126m.); or (3) part land and
part sea, _via_ Paris and Marseilles, and thence by steamer to Barcelona
and Valencia.

As regards the two land routes there is not very much to choose except
that the Biarritz-Madrid route is somewhat shorter and much quicker than
the Perpignan-Barcelona route. As regards the two sea routes both are
probably bad from the standpoint of comfort, the steamers in which the
voyage would have to be completed being Spanish coasting vessels, but it
is difficult to obtain particulars of them in England.

The following are some of the chief places between Paris and Alicante on
the Perpignan route:--Dijon (195m.), Lyons (318m.), Avignon (461m.),
Nimes (490m.), Perpignan (623m.), Spanish frontier at Port Bou (650m.),
Barcelona (758m.), Tarragona (825m.), Valencia (997m.), Alicante
(1126m.). The journey from Paris to Barcelona is accomplished in 23h. by
the Internation