I have been unable to identify just what Twain is referring to in this
passage from The Innocents Abroad. He describes passing under the
frowning fortress with a garrison of one. He calls this fortress
Malabat. I can find no reference to such a fortress in my Google
searches (even duckduckgo). The closest I can find is the Moorish
Castle at Gibraltar but the dates are wrong for a match. It also does
not seem to lie on a route between Gibraltar and Tangier. Help with
identifying just what fortress he was referring to would be greatly
appreciated.
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of
in your philosophy.
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