inhabited by a Moslem monarch." (Alhambra—see Appendix.) A picture of the last patch of Moslem territory is given by Sir W. S. Maxwell, too long to quote in its entirety, but contracted in the passage that follows, giving its salient points. "Through the glens a number of streams pour the snows of Muley-Hacen and the Pic de Valeta into the Mediterranean. In natural beauty, and in many physical advantages, this mountain land is one of the most lovely and delightful regions of Europe. … When thickly peopled with laborious Moors, the narrow glens bottomed with rich soil, were terraced and irrigated with a careful industry, which compensated for want of space. The villages were surrounded with vineyards and gardens, orange and almond orchards, and plantations of olive and mulberry. … The wine and the fruit, the silk and the oil, the cheese and the wool, were famous in the markets of Granada and the seaports of Andalusia."
But all that was doomed to pass. King Ferdinand of Spain having married Isabella, there was a union of divided houses and the united Christian forces surrounded the city, blockaded it for eight months until the governor, Abu-Abdallah, surrendered and the Moorish foothold in Europe was ended, 1492 A. D.
The End
