Rambles in sunny Spain . o us the picturesque and historic featuresof the country, as we passed, advising us to go to Ronda, the mostpicturesque town in Spain. But Ronda was nearly two days dili-gence from the railroad, and we had no time. There was one placewe should have liked to visit, and that was Zahara, which has ahistory most fascinating. It was the unfortunate town captured bythe Moorish king four hundred years ago, which was the cause ofthe Moors being expelled from Spain. So barbarous was the treat-ment he gave the people of Zahara, that ever since that the Spaniardshave been greatly
Rambles in sunny Spain . o us the picturesque and historic featuresof the country, as we passed, advising us to go to Ronda, the mostpicturesque town in Spain. But Ronda was nearly two days dili-gence from the railroad, and we had no time. There was one placewe should have liked to visit, and that was Zahara, which has ahistory most fascinating. It was the unfortunate town captured bythe Moorish king four hundred years ago, which was the cause ofthe Moors being expelled from Spain. So barbarous was the treat-ment he gave the people of Zahara, that ever since that the Spaniardshave been greatly incensed. The brave Marquis of Cadiz, findingthat the truce was broken between the Moorish and the Spanishkings, attacked and captured Alhama, and held it, despite the effortsof the Moors to regain it; and this was the immediate cause of thedownfall of Granada itself. So our time was beguiled until the trainrolled into the station of Boabdilla, and we alighted for lunch, and tochange cars for the direct line to CHAPTER XII. ON THE WAY TO GRANADA. E came out of the station at Boabdilla just in timeto see our Spanish friend fall into the arms ofanother native of the land, and kiss him on bothcheeks. Then after hugging him, and being huggedin return, he dragged him up to us and introducedhim as a most illustrious descendant of a noble house, with whomhe had lived and travelled in Mexico. His name was Angel FadriqueGonzalez, with a Serior and Don prefixed, and as many titles affixedas you can string across this page. But he was a jolly, large-heartedgentleman, just the same, though he could nt speak English. He,too, was going to Granada ; so our party, now five in number, se-cured a compartment to itself, and we passed the time in tellingstories and recalling the history of the places through which wepassed. The first town of importance we came to was Antequara, a cityso ancient that it was founded on Roman ruins, and which lies neara great cave guarding prehistoric rema
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