The Alhambra . y his command diligent searchwas made for the body. It was found in a barra7ico andbrought to Granada. There Ismael caused it to be laid out instate on a lofty bier, surrounded by torches and tapers, in oneof these halls of the Alhambra. Osmyn and other of thenoblest cavaliers were appointed as a guard of honour, and theChristian captives were assembled to pray around it. In the meantime, Ismael wrote to the son of Prince Juan tosend a convoy for the body, assuring him it should be faithfullydelivered up. In due time, a band of Christian cavaliers arri^edfor the purpose. They we
The Alhambra . y his command diligent searchwas made for the body. It was found in a barra7ico andbrought to Granada. There Ismael caused it to be laid out instate on a lofty bier, surrounded by torches and tapers, in oneof these halls of the Alhambra. Osmyn and other of thenoblest cavaliers were appointed as a guard of honour, and theChristian captives were assembled to pray around it. In the meantime, Ismael wrote to the son of Prince Juan tosend a convoy for the body, assuring him it should be faithfullydelivered up. In due time, a band of Christian cavaliers arri^edfor the purpose. They were honourably received and enter-tained by Ismael, and, on their departure with the body, theguard of honour of Moslem cavaliers escorted the funeral trainto the frontier. But enough ; the sun is high above the mountains, andpours his full fervour on our heads. Already the terracedroof is hot beneath our feet; let us abandon it, and refreshourselves under the Arcades by the Fountain of the Lions. f \ •:/:; Sv. THE BALCONY I HAVE spoken of a balcony of the central window of theHall of Ambassadors. It served as a kind of observatory,where I used often to take my seat, and consider not merelythe heaven above but the earth beneath. Besides the magni-ficent prospect which it commanded of mountain, valley, andVega, there was a little busy scene of human life laid open toinspection immediately below. At the foot of the hill was ana/ameda, or public walk, which, though not so fashionableas the more modern and splendid paseo of the Xenil, stillboasted a varied and picturesque concourse. Hither resortedthe small gentry of the suburbs, together with priests and friars,who walked for appetite and digestion ; majos and majas, thebeaux and belles of the lower classes, in their Andalusiandresses ; swaggering co?itraba?idislas, and sometimes half-muffledand mysterious loungers of the higher ranks, on some secretassignation. It was a moving picture of Spanish life and character, which THE BAL
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