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ALGECIRAS

LA GUARDIA CIVIL

Near the summit, so we are told, there are concealed mighty cannon which perfectly and at all times command the strait; for even though the peaks be wrapped in clouds, the cannon may be turned upon a passing ship, the human eye that judges the distances and the angles, and the hand that directs the aim being near the water's edge. Electricity does the rest. Thus from the very

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