Unprepossessing Appearance of Malaga--Dread of Yellow Fever--The Alameda--Derivation of the City's Name, and Sketch of its History--The Gibralfaro and Alcazaba--Cathedral--Cigar Manufactory--Calculation of the Supply and Consumption of Cigars in Spain--Malaga Figures--Population--Trade--Wine Harbour--Society--Visit to El Retiro--The Fandango and Cachuca.....199 CHAPTER X. Choice of Routes between Malaga and Granada--Road to Velez--Malaga--Observations on that Town--Continuation of Journey to Granada--Fertile Valley of the River Velez--Venta of Alcaucin--Zafaraya Mountains--Alhama--Description of that Place and of its Thermal Baths--Cacin--Venta of Huelma--Salt-pans of La Mala--First View of Granada and its Vega--Situation of the City--Its Salubrity--Ancient Names--Becomes the Capital of the Last Moslem Kingdom of Spain--Fine Approach to the Modern City--It is the most purely Moorish Town in Spain--Cause of the Decadence of the Arts under the Moors of Granada, and of the easy Conquest of the City--Destruction of the Moorish Literature on the Capture of the City by the Spaniards.....217 CHAPTER XI. The Alhambra and Generalife--Other Reliques of the Moors contained within the City--The Cathedral of Granada--Chapel of the Catholic Kings--Antiquity of the Church of Eliberi--Tomb of Gonzalvo de Cordoba--Churches of San Juan De Dios and San Domingo--Carthusian Convent--Hermita De San Anton.....239 CHAPTER XII. Granada continued--The Zacatin--Market Place--Bazaar--Population--The Granadinos-Their Predilection for the French Costume--Love of Masked Balls--Madame Martinez de la Rosa's Tertulia--An English Country Dance metamorphosed--Specimen of Spanish Taste in fitting up Country Houses--The Marques de Montijo--Anecdote of the Late King and the Conde de Teba--Constitutional Enthusiasm of Granada--Ends in Smoke--Military Schools--Observations on the Spanish Army--Departure for Cordoba--Pinos de la Puente--Puerto de Lope--Moclin--Alcala la Real--Spanish Peasants--Manner of computing Distance--Baena--Not the Roman Town of Ulia--Castro el Rio--Occupied by a Cavalry Regiment--Valuable Friend--Curiosity of the Spanish Officers--Ditto of our New Acquaintance--Influence of "Sherris Sack"--He relates his History--Continuation of our Journey to Cordoba--First View of that City.....265 CHAPTER XIII. Blas el Guerrillero.--A Bandit's Story.....300 CHAPTER XIV. Blas el Guerrillero--_continued_.....333 CHAPTER XV. Blas el Guerrillero--_continued_.....364 CHAPTER XVI. Blas el Guerrillero--_continued_.....396 CHAPTER XVII. Cordoba--Bridge over the Guadalquivir--Mills--Quay--Spanish Projects--Foundation of the City--Establishment of the Western Caliphat--Capture of Cordoba by San Fernando--The Mezquita--Bishop's Palace--Market Place--Grand Religious Procession--Anecdote of the late Bishop of Malaga and the Tragala.....410 APPENDIX.....431 ILLUSTRATIONS. VOL. 1.