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Leslie MYRICK <[log in to unmask]>
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Apologies to all. I retract my response. It was only a guess, after all.
Leslie

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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.
> --
>  There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of
>                           in your philosophy.
>                         http://bscottholmes.com
>

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