"When the harvest has levelled the panorama and cleared the great stretches of wheat sprinkled with poppies, the plain seems vast, almost illimitable. Farther than the eye can reach stretch its great squares of red soil marked off by paths and trenches. The Sunday's rest is rigorously observed over the whole countryside. Not a man is seen toiling in the fields, not a beast at work on the road. Down the paths pass old women with their mantillas drawn over their eyes and their little chairs hanging to their arms. In the distance resound, like the tearing of linen, the shots fired at the swallows, which fly hither and thither in circles. A noise seems to be produced by their wings ruffling the crystal firmament. From the canals rises the murmur of clouds of almost invisible flies. In a farm all painted blue under an ancient arbour there is a whirlwind of gaily coloured shawls and petticoats, while the guitars with their drowsy rhythm and the strident cornets accompany the measures of the Valencian Jota.

"In the village the little plaza is thronged with the field folk. The men are in their shirt sleeves, with black sashes and gorgeous handkerchiefs arranged mitre-like on their heads. The old men lean on their big Liria sticks. The young men, with sleeves turned up, display their red nervous arms and carry mere sprigs of ash between their huge knotted fingers.

"In the afternoon, towards the fountain, along the road bordered with poplars which shake their silvered foliage, go groups of girls with their pitchers on their heads. Their rhythmical movements and their grace recall the Athenian canephoræ. This procession to the well lends to the huerta of Valencia something of a biblical character. The Fontana de la Reina is the pride of the huerta, condemned to drink the water of wells and the red and dirty liquid of the canals. It is esteemed as an ancient and valuable work. It has a square basin with walls of reddish stone. The water is below the soil. You reach the bottom by means of six green and slippery steps. Opposite the steps is a defaced bas-relief, probably a Virgin attended by angels—no doubt an ex-voto of the time of the Conquest. Laughter and chatter are not wanting round the well. The girls cluster round, eager to fill their pitchers but in no hurry to depart. They jostle each other on the steps, their petticoats gathered in between their legs, the better to lean forward and to plunge their vessels into the basin. The surface of the water is unceasingly troubled by the bubbles rising from the sandy bed, which is covered with weeds waving in the current."

INDEX

Abades, No. [6], [70]
Abbad, Mohammed Ben, [22]
Abdallah, Ahmed Ben, [21]
Abd-el-Aziz, [19]
Abd-ur-Rahman, [89]
Abd-ur-Rahman III., [21]
Abu-l-Walid, [115]
Adra, [168]
Ælii, [16]
Ahmar, Mohammed al, [27], [113]
Alarcos, [26]
Albaicin, [148]
Alcazaba, [129]
Alcazares, [35]
Alcazar Genil, [161]
Alcoy, [190]
Alfonso VI., [24], [25], [98]
Alfonso X., [114]
Alfonso the Battler, King, [189]
Alfonso the Learned, [4], [181]
Al Hakem II., [90]
Alhama, [121]
Alhambra, The, [124]
Alicante, [189]
Al Mansûr, [90]
Almeria, [168]
Almohades, [26], [30], [112]
Almoravides, [26], [112], [194]
Aragon, Don Jaime of, [179]
Arfe, Juan de, [60], [96]
Aurariola, [178]
Az Zahara, [97]
Barbuda, Don Martin de la, [102], [119]
Baths, [143]
Bekr, Abu, [179]
Belludo, [145]
Ben Hud, [27], [113]
Biblioteca Colombina, [35]
Boabdil, [121]
Cadiz, [1]
Cadiz, Marquis of, [121]
Cæsar, Julius, [16]
Campaña—See [Kempener]
Campillo, [160]
Cano, Alonso, [66], [75], [155], [165]
Caños de Carmona, [81]
Capilla Real, [152]
Cartagena, [182]
Carthaginians, [3], [14], [15]
Cartuja, [84], [158]
Casa de Bustos Tavera, [70]
Casa del Carbon, [147]
Casa de los Tiros, [160]
Casa de Pilatos, [66]
Cathedral, [50], [151], [155], [165], [196]
Cespedes, Pablo de, [75], [103]
Charles V., [95]
Cid Campeador, Ruy Diaz de Bivar, [112], [193]
Colon, Fernando, [57]
Columbus, Christopher, [56], 160
Cordova, [86]
Cornejo, Duque, [95], [96]
Coronel, Doña Maria, [38]
Cortes, Hernando, [83]
Court of the Lions, [137]
Cuarto de Santo Domingo, [160]
Dance of the Seises, [81]
Dávalos, Leonor, [38]
Delicias Gardens, [77]
Dios, San Juan de, [156]
Drake, Sir Francis, [4]
Elche, [187]
El Greco, [60]
Enrique III., [119]
Ermengild, [18], [193]
Ermita de San Sebastian, [160]
"Esperandola del Cielo," [149]
Essex, Earl of, [5]
Exilona, [19]
Fadrique, Don, [46]
Fair of Seville, [79]
Ferdinand and Isabella, [121]
Fernandez, Alejo, [85]
Fernando el Magno, [24]
Ferrer, St. Vincent, [35]
Frutet, [75]
Gandía, [190]
Gandia, Duke of, [157]
Generalife, The, [146]
Gibralfaro, [164]
Gibraltar, [173]
Giordano, Luca, [58]
Gipsies, [84]
Giralda Tower, [31]
Gongora, [95]
Goya, [60]
Granada, [107]
Great Captain, [102], [156]
Guadalquivir, The, [9]
Guzman el Bueno, [83]
Hajjaj, Ibrahim Ibn, [20]
Hall of the Two Sisters, [139]
Halls of the Abencerrages, [139]
Hasan, Mulai, [121]
Hernandez (Gonzalo), de Aguilar y de Cordova, "the Great Captain," [102], [156]
Herrera, [58], [61], [66]
Herrera, The Older, [75]
Illiberis, [111]
"Intransigentes," [182]
Irrigation, [175], [200]
Isidore, St., [19]
Ismaïl, Saïd Ben, [121]
Italica, [15], [17], [18], [82]
Jaime lo Conqueridor, [186], [194], [198]
Jativa, [190]
Jerez, [10]
Juan II., [16]
Jucár, [191]
Junteron, Don Gil, [181]
Kadir, [193]
Kempener, Peter, [55], [58], [59]
La Caridad, [74]
"Las Navas de Tolosa," [26]
La Trinidad, [19]
Leal, Valdés, [58], [59], [74], 75
Leander, [18]
Lebrija, [11]
Leovgild, [18]
Levi, Simuel Ben, [37]
Lonja, [196], [199]
Lorca, [175]
Lucan, [16]
Majus, [21]
Malaga, [163]
Malecon, [180]
Marana, Miguel de, [73]
Mena, Juan de, [104]
Mezquita, [88]
Mihrab, [144]
Mirador de "Lindaraja," [142]
Mohammed II., [114]
Mohammed III., [114]
Mohammed IV., [116]
Mohammed V., [117], [171]
Mohammed VI., [119]
Mohammed VII., [121]
Mohammed VIII., [121]
Mohammedan Paintings, [140]
Montañez, [58], [60], [66], [75], [83]
Mote'mid, [23]
Motril, [168]
Munda, [170]
Murcia, [174], [179], [180]
Murillo, [8], [56], [58], [59], [60], [61], [73], [74], [75], [76]
Musa, [19]
Museo of Seville, [74]
Musset, Alfred de, [7], [12], [71]
Mut'adid-billah, Amir, [22]
Muwallads, [20]
Nasr, Abu-l-Juyyush Muley, [115]
Northmen, [21]
Omnium Sanctorum, [65]
Oratory, [144]
Orihuela, [178], [186]
Osorio, Doña Urraca, [38]
Padilla, Maria de, [46]
Palace of Charles V., [131]
Palace of St. Telmo, [76]
Palacio de las Dueñas, [70]
Palomino, [95]
Paredes, Doña Maria de Guzman, [95]
Patio de Daraxa, [142]
Patio de la Alberca, [135]
Patio de las Arrayanes, [135]
Patio de las Muñecas, [45]
Patio de los Naranjos, [34]
Patio "del Mexuar," [134]
Pedro the Cruel, [36]
Phœnicians, The, [2], [14]
Pineda, Doña Mariana, [157]
Plaza de Bibarrambla, [151]
Poore, Lawrence, [28]
Puerta de Hierro, [144]
Puerta de la Justicia, [128]
Puerta del Lagarto, [53]
Puerta del Perdon, [34]
Puerta del Vino, [130]
Puerto Santa Maria, [10]
Pulgar, Fernando del, Lord of El Salar, [152]
Ramon Bonifaz, [27]
Recchiarus, [17]
Ribera, [190]
Robles, Joao de, [156]
Roelas, Juan de las, [58], [65], [75]
Roldán, Pedro, [61]
Romanticists, [6], 7
Ronda, [170]
Rueda, Lope de, [95]
Sacromonte, [158]
Saïd, Abu, [37], [118], [171]
St. Ferdinand, [27], [55], [95]
St. Isidore, [24]
St. Justa, [84]
St. Rufina, [84]
St. Vicente Ferrer, [196], [198]
Sala de la Justicia, [140]
Sala de los Embajadores, [136]
Salambo, [15], [84]
Salon de los Embajadores, [44]
San Geronimo, [156]
Santa Ana, [85]
Santa Paula, [64]
Santo Domingo, [160]
Scipio, [15]
Seneca, [16]
Seville, [12]
Siloe, Diego de, [156], [165]
Suevi, [17]
Talavera, Archbishop de, [123]
Tarik, [19]
Tarshish, [3]
Tendilla, Count of, [123]
Theodomir, [178]
Theudis, [17]
Theudisel, [17]
Tocador de la Reina, [143]
Todmir, [179]
Torre de Cuarte, [196]
Torre de Serranos, [196]
Torre del Agua, [145]
Torre del Homenage, [130]
"Torre del Oro," [29]
Torre de la Cautiva, [145]
Torre de la Vela, [129]
Torre de las Damas, [144]
Torre de las Infantas, [145]
Torre de los Picos, [144]
Torre de los Siete Suelos, [145]
Torres Bermejas, [127]
Tower of Comares, [136]
Triana, [84]
Tribunal de las Aguas, [201]
Turdetani, [14]
University Church, Seville, [65]
Utrera, [11]
Valdes, [75]
Valencia, [192], [195]
Vandals, [16]
Vargas, Luis de, [34], [58], [59], [75]
Velazquez, [75]
Velez Chapel, [182]
Vermilion Towers, [125]
Vigarni, [153]
Visigoths, [17]
Yusuf I., [117]
Yusuf II., [119]
Yusuf III., [120]
Yusuf IV., [121]
Zacatin, [150]
Zaghal, [122]
Zahara, [121], [171]
Zayda, [25]
Zegri, Hamet el, [164]
Ziryab, [101]
Zurbaran, [58], [60], [75]

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