The Burton Holmes lectures; . THE MOORISH EMPIRE 293. A PART OF THK IMPERIAL HAREM In the thought of this empty fortress, so formidable in aspect,so monumentally defenseless in its desolation, there is some-thing almost awe-inspiring. Its few miserable human deni-zens seem like dejected ghosts gliding through the crumblingportals, haunting the roofless palaces. The stork populationon the wall-tops and the battlements seems more real. TheMoors declare, Storks are men whohave come from islands far awav to

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