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16 [[left margin in red]] Jerez-Spain [[left margin]] streets are wider and brighter than Cadiz. There is [[red underline]] but one acceptable hotel for foreigner "Gran Hotel de los Cisnes" [[red/underline]] situated directly on the main street. The manager who is half asleep speaks English with a Swiss or German accent. [[red underline]] Same offhand [[/red underline]] service as everywhere and [[red underline]] slow drowsy old women for chambermaids. [[/red underline]] As I have telegraphed I have one of the best rooms on the second floor facing the street. - which is not much but it is relatively clean altho' cramped. But there is an old fashioned marble bath tub on the same floor. I notice that all over [[strikethrough]] Andl [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Andalusia [[/red underline]] the men in town and country [[strikethrough]] wear [[/strikethrough]] wear a wide [[strikethrough]] shi [[/strikethrough]] stiff [[end page]] [[start page]] 17 [[left margin in red]] Jerez Spain [[left margin]] and [[red underline]] straight brimmed hat [[/red underline]] with a flat truncated cone crown. off which the color is either black or brown or often gray with a black band. This seems to be favorite headgear. [[image - drawing on left of hat]] The [[red underline]] physique of men and women is good. [[/red underline]] Few are undersized, they [[red underline]] all look serious and dignified. [[red underline]] Physically the average run looks [[red underline]] better than the average in France or in Italy. [[/red underline]] Many soldiers around, their [[red underline]] uniforms well kept. I notice in the shops, hardware or druggists or fancy goods more American articles than in France, Italy or Morocco. This with the [[red underline]] many Americans which seem to predominate here indicates that the Cuban