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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XXXI. | |
| THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA. | |
| The Mountain Threatens — The Signs Increase — We Leave Catania — Gardens Among the Lava — Etna Labors — Aci Reale — The Groans of Etna — The Eruption — Gigantic Tree of Smoke — Formation of the New Crater — We Lose Sight of the Mountain — Arrival at Messina — Etna is Obscured — Departure | 375 |
| CHAPTER XXXII. | |
| GIBRALTAR. | |
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Unwritten Links of Travel — Departure from Southampton — The Bay of Biscay — Cintra — Trafalgar — Gibraltar at Midnight — Landing — Search for a Palm-Tree — A Brilliant Morning — The Convexity of the Earth — Sun-Worship — The Rock |
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| CHAPTER XXXIII. | |
| CADIZ AND SEVILLE. | |
| Voyage to Cadiz — Landing — The City — Its Streets — The Women of Cadiz — Embarkation for Seville — Scenery of the Guadalquivir — Custom House Examination — The Guide — The Streets of Seville — The Giralda — The Cathedral of Seville — The Alcazar — Moorish Architecture — Pilate's House — Morning View from the Giralda — Old Wine — Murillos — My Last Evening in Seville | 391 |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. | |
| JOURNEY IN A SPANISH DILIGENCE. | |
| Spanish Diligence Lines — Leaving Seville — An Unlucky Start — Alcalà of the Bakers — Dinner at Carmona — A Dehesa — The Mayoral and his Team — Ecija — Night Journey — Cordova — The Cathedral-Mosque — Moorish Architecture — The Sierra Morena — A Rainy Journey — A Chapter of Accidents — Baylen — The Fascination of Spain — Jaen — The Vega of Granada | 403 |
| CHAPTER XXXV. | |
| GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA. | |
| Mateo Ximenez, the Younger — The Cathedral of Granada — A Monkish Miracle — Catholic Shrines — Military Cherubs — The Royal Chapel — The Tombs of Ferdinand and Isabella — Chapel of San Juan de Dios — The Albaycin — View or the Vega — The Genera life — The Alhambra — Torra de la Vela — The Walls and Towers — A Visit to Old Mateo — The Court of the Fish-pond — The Halls of the Alhambra — Character of the Architecture — Hall of the Abencerrages — Hall of the Two Sisters — The Moorish Dynasty in Spain | 414 |
