href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@49941@[email protected]#THE_AQUEDUCT" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">The Aqueduct near Granada

144 The Garden of the Generalife, Granada 164 The Interior of the Mosque, Alhambra 178 A View in Segovia
      From the engraving by D. Roberts, after the painting by J. Cousin 190 A View in Granada
      Engraving by James B. Allen from a drawing by D. Roberts 212 Christopher Columbus 222 The Port, Quay, and Cathedral, Malaga 230 The Gate of Barcelona
      From an etching by Charles A. Platt. 254 Queen Isabella Dictating her Will
      From the painting by E. Rosales in the National Museum, Madrid 266 Fernando the Catholic 278 Portrait of Queen Isabel the Catholic 300 The Town Gate of the Carmen at Zaragoza
      (Left as a permanent memorial of the Siege.) 310 The Harbour of Cadiz 322 Tower and Hotel of Siete Suelos, the Alhambra, Granada
      Photo by Valentine 334 General View of Ronda
      Photo by J. Laurent, Madrid 340

Old Court Life in Spain

CHAPTER I

Fiesta of the Corpus Domini

HE time is early summer; the sky an unbroken sphere of blue, as deep and smooth as a turquoise, canopying the blanched domes and pinnacles of the cathedral and illuminating with ineffable splendour the elegant galleries of the Giralda tower. No shade anywhere, on plaza, patio, or river bank; nothing but a blazing sun, making golden motes; the thinly leaved palms scarcely leaving a reflection on the hot earth.

It is the Fiesta of the Corpus Domini. The whole city of Seville is astir, the procession is passing,