. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. forced his head over theedge of this basin, and the sharp simitar of the execu-tioner showed no mercy. This was the kings revenge,and so the stains on the fountain. The Room of Two Sisters brought forth exclamationsof praise. Walls covered with dainty traceries in plas-ter, like embroideries on a ground of lace work; dadosbrilliant in fantastic designs of red, green, and blue;ceilings dropping thousands of stalactites each differingfrom the others in beauty of form; and charming viewsfrom the boudoir windows of floral beds and founta
. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. forced his head over theedge of this basin, and the sharp simitar of the execu-tioner showed no mercy. This was the kings revenge,and so the stains on the fountain. The Room of Two Sisters brought forth exclamationsof praise. Walls covered with dainty traceries in plas-ter, like embroideries on a ground of lace work; dadosbrilliant in fantastic designs of red, green, and blue;ceilings dropping thousands of stalactites each differingfrom the others in beauty of form; and charming viewsfrom the boudoir windows of floral beds and fountainsin the garden beyond,—all these combined to makethis place a suitable residence for a Queen. 54 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT. In the Baths we saw where royalty had bathed inmarble basins to the sound of music by players in thegallery overhead. Here are the rooms which Washington Irving oc-cupied in the Alhambra during his stay in Granada,explained the guide. Some of us tried to recall Irvings graphic descriptionsin the Conquest of Granada of the scenes around. THE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE MOORISH KINGS. this city; of the struggles between the Christian knightsunder the banner of Ferdinand, and the Moorish cava-liers under the standard of Mahomet; of fields coveredwith silken canopies; of cavalcades of warriors injeweled armor and nodding plumes; of hand-to-hand
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