Note 2 — THE PEDRO JIMENEZ GRAPE.

Nor was this opportunity very long withheld. General Romano, though scarcely taller than the length of an ordinary man’s arm2 bore in his little body a large and loyal heart: by dint of persevering efforts, he succeeded in making a way of escape for his whole regiment, shipped them, and carried them safely round to a friendly port of Portugal, and thence draughted them all back into Spain, where they did good service under Wellington.