The Alhambra . 26 THE ALHAMBRA. Uft-. > ^^ i^. (ik *-^ ?-- « 0 of tile dukes kitchen, and let me know, as I retired for thenight, that it had been a proud time for the alforjas. Earl}- in the morning (May 4th) I strolled to the ruins of the old Moorishcastle, which itself hadbeen reared on theruins of a Roman for-tress. Here, takingmy seat on the re-mains of a crumblingtower, I enjoyed agrand and varied land-scape, beautiful in it- ^.f ?%->^v- gA ^^ self; and full of storied and romantic associ-ations ; for I was now in the very heart of the countryfamous for the chivalrous contests betw
The Alhambra . 26 THE ALHAMBRA. Uft-. > ^^ i^. (ik *-^ ?-- « 0 of tile dukes kitchen, and let me know, as I retired for thenight, that it had been a proud time for the alforjas. Earl}- in the morning (May 4th) I strolled to the ruins of the old Moorishcastle, which itself hadbeen reared on theruins of a Roman for-tress. Here, takingmy seat on the re-mains of a crumblingtower, I enjoyed agrand and varied land-scape, beautiful in it- ^.f ?%->^v- gA ^^ self; and full of storied and romantic associ-ations ; for I was now in the very heart of the countryfamous for the chivalrous contests between Moor and me, in its lap of hills, lay the old warrior city so oftenmentioned in chronicle and ballad. Out of yon gate and downyon hill paraded the 2x7 band of Spanish ca-valiers, of highest rankand bravest bearing,to make that forayduring the war andconquest of Granada,which ended in thelamentable massacreamong the mountainsof Malaga, and laid allAndalusia in mourn-ing. Beyond spread out the vega, cover
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