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| The Generalife, Palace, and Valley of the Darro. From a window in the Alhambra | [Frontispiece.] |
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| The Castle of Ximena, and distant view of Gibraltar | Frontispiece. |
ERRATA.
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On page 433, line 1 emboyó [not emboyo] was changed to embozó) |
| Page 27, line 20, for far more, read few. |
| Page 151, line 18, for lightly, read slightly. |
| Page 161, line 30, for Aguagils, read Aguazils. |
| Page 190, line 28, for Higa, read Hija. |
| Page 213, line 2, for nuevos, read huevos. |
| Page 216, line 14, for Cachuca, read Cachucha. |
| Page 370, line 14, for Higo, read Hijo. |
| Page 402, line 14, for Valga mi, read Valgame. |
| Page 433, line 1, for emboyo, read embozo. |
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| Page 171, line 26, for surveyors, read purveyors. |
| Page 271, line 8, for suda, read sua. |
| Page 288, line 28, for provechosos, read provechosas. |
| Page 432, line 16, for hagged, read haggard. |
E X C U R S I O N S
IN THE
MOUNTAINS
OF
RONDA AND GRANADA.
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PREFATORY CHAPTER.
CONTAINING LITTLE MORE THAN AN INVOCATION—A DISSERTATION—A CHOICE OF MISERIES—A BILL OF FARE—AND A RECEIPT FOR MAKING A FAVOURITE SPANISH DISH.
SPAIN! region of romance! of snow-capped mountains, dark forests, and crystal streams!—Land of the olive and the vine—the perfumed orange and bright pomegranate!—Country of portly priests, fierce bandits, and dark-eyed donzellas—the lively castañet and gay Fandango! And thou, fair Bœtica! favoured province of a favoured clime, whose purple grape tempted Hercules to arrest his course—whose waving corn-fields and embowelled treasures have ever since excited the cupidity of the various ambitious nations that have in turn disputed the empire of the world! Is it indeed true that ye are “now chiefly interesting to the traveller for the monuments which a foreign and odious race of conquerors have left behind them?”[1] Yes, you might proudly answer, we admit such is the case. Spain is chiefly interesting to the stranger on account of the monuments left by her turbaned conquerors; but she is so simply, because, in no other country, are they to be seen in so perfect a state; because, in no other part of the world subjected to Moslem sway, did the arts ever reach to such perfection.