Los puertos del Mediterraneo son. Junio, Julio, Agosto y Puerto Mahon. So long as sailing ships were the means of locomotion at sea, crowds of merchant vessels frequented the port. It was also visited by the British fleet in the Mediterranean, which always received a cordial welcome in memory of the good old times. The Spanish Government undertook stupendous works of fortification at Cape Mola, on the eastern side of the entrance of Port Mahon. The introduction of steam reduced the importance of the harbour, which became less and less frequented. The garrison was withdrawn and the works at Cape Mola were abandoned, all sources of wealth to the islanders. Minorca has indeed fallen from its high estate. There is stagnation and poverty. A former Consul,[37] in lamenting this decadence, truly said that ‘those who do visit Minorca will find a bright little town and friendly inhabitants, some of whom yet express in broken English their love for England, while they speak joyously and feelingly of the good and flourishing times when Minorca was under British rule.’ [Illustration: MINORCA] INDEX Abdalla, son of Musa, conquered the Balearic Isles, 10 Abu Yahye, Amír of Majorca, 11 Acart de Mur, master of the camp in the Minorca conquest, 231 Aci Reale, 66 Adaia valley in Minorca, 265, 284 Adrianople, 105 Agnani, Treaty of, 98 Alagon, Blasco de, Federigo’s general, 99, 103 Alaro, 34 Alayor in Minorca, 240, 263 Albareda, Señor, Grand Hotel, Palma, and hotel at Porto Pi, 218 Alberoni, Cardinal, his violence, 255 Albufera in Minorca, 265 Alcudia, 8; Charles V. landed at, 176; Majorcan nobles escape to, 182; Pedro Paz in command at, 183; siege, 183, 184; relieved, 185, 186; honoured, 189 Aldonza, queen of Portugal, 40 Alemany, Geronimo, historian of Majorca, 191, 198 Alençon, Count of, slain, 63 Aleppo pines, 9, 213, 220 Alfavia, country seat of Benahabet, 28, 41; inherited by the Santa Cilia family, 156; passed to the Bergas and Zafortezas, 156; position and description, 156, 157; the memorial chair at, 157 Alfonso I., El Batallador, took Zaragoza, 2 Alfonso II., 40 Alfonso III., 77; occupation of Majorca, 93, 94; accession, 96; to marry daughter of Edward I. of England, death, 97, 235; invaded Minorca, 230, 231, 232; victory over Moors, 233, 234; ordered Port Mahon to be built 235 Alfonso IV., 142 Alfonso V., conquered Naples, 163; duel before, at Naples, 164, 166 Alfonso of Naples, grandson of Alfonso V., 167 Alfonso, Duke of Gandia, 163 Alfonso X. of Castille: married Violante of Aragon, 49; Murcia conquered for, by Jayme I., 49; Fernando, his eldest son, 93 Algiers, expedition of Charles V., 176, 237, 239 Ali al Muhtadi, 10 Almanza, battle of, 244 Almeria, siege of, 124 Almogavares, light infantry, account of, 61, 62, 91, 93, 99, 128, 231, 233