The Alhambra . Comixa to receive, at the gate of Justice, the detachmentfrom the Christian army and the officers to whom the fortresswas to be given up. The once redoubtable Tower of the Seven Floors is now amere wreck, having been blown up with gunpowder by theFrench, when they abandoned the fortress. Great masses ofthe wall lie scattered about, buried in luxuriant herbage, orovershadowed by vines and fig-trees. The arch of the gateway,though rent by the shock, still remains; but the last wish ofpoor Boabdil has again, though unintentionally, been fulfilled, 166 Till-: ALII AM BRA for the por
The Alhambra . Comixa to receive, at the gate of Justice, the detachmentfrom the Christian army and the officers to whom the fortresswas to be given up. The once redoubtable Tower of the Seven Floors is now amere wreck, having been blown up with gunpowder by theFrench, when they abandoned the fortress. Great masses ofthe wall lie scattered about, buried in luxuriant herbage, orovershadowed by vines and fig-trees. The arch of the gateway,though rent by the shock, still remains; but the last wish ofpoor Boabdil has again, though unintentionally, been fulfilled, 166 Till-: ALII AM BRA for the portal has been closed up by loose stones gatheredfrom the ruins, and remains impassable. Mounting my horse, I followed up the route of the Moslemmonarch from this place of his exit. Crossing the hill of Los]\lartyros, and keeping along the garden-wall of a convent <^.i^ f^.H^ Sf- ^d: V. ••^< ?;§ bearing the same name, I descended a rugged ravine beset bythickets of aloes and Indian figs, and lined with caves andhovels swarming with gipsies. The descent was so steep andbroken that I was fain to alight and lead my horse. By thisvia dolorosa poor Boabdil took his sad departure to avoid MEMENTOES OF BOABDIL 167 passing through the city ; partly, perhaps, through unwilHngnessthat its inhabitants should behold his humiliation ; but chiefly,in all probability, lest it might cause some popular the last reason, undoubtedly, the detachment sent to takepossession of the fortress ascended by the same route. Emerging from this rough ravine, so full of melancholyassociations, and passing by the puerta de los inolinos (the gateof the mills), I issued forth upon the public promenade calledthe Prado; and pursuing the course of the Xenil, arrived at a ^^r^^^ ^. --*-^eN W&^^^rP^?^ small chapel, once a mosque, now the Hermitage of SanSebastian. Here, accordin
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