The Generalife, Palace, and Valley of the Darro. From a window in the Alhambra _Frontispiece._ VOL. II. The Castle of Ximena, and distant view of Gibraltar _Frontispiece._ ERRATA. VOLUME I. (corrected by the etext transcriber. On page 433, line 1 emboyó [not emboyo] was changed to embozó) Page 27, line 20, for _far more_, read _few_. Page 151, line 18, for _lightly_, read _slightly_. Page 161, line 30, for _Aguagils_, read _Aguazils_. Page 190, line 28, for _Higa_, read _Hija_. Page 213, line 2, for _nuevos_, read _huevos_. Page 216, line 14, for _Cachuca_, read _Cachucha_. Page 370, line 14, for _Higo_, read _Hijo_. Page 402, line 14, for _Valga mi_, read _Valgame_. Page 433, line 1, for _emboyo_, read _embozo_. VOLUME II. Page 171, line 26, for _surveyors_, read _purveyors_. Page 271, line 8, for _suda_, read _sua_. Page 288, line 28, for _provechosos_, read _provechosas_. Page 432, line 16, for _hagged_, read _haggard_. EXCURSIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF RONDA AND GRANADA. PREFATORY CHAPTER. CONTAINING LITTLE MORE THAN AN INVOCATION--A DISSERTATION--A CHOICE OF MISERIES--A BILL OF FARE--AND A RECEIPT FOR MAKING A FAVOURITE SPANISH DISH. Spain! region of romance! of snow-capped mountains, dark forests, and crystal streams!--Land of the olive and the vine--the perfumed orange and bright pomegranate!--Country of portly priests, fierce bandits, and dark-eyed donzellas--the lively castañet and gay Fandango! And thou, fair Boetica! favoured province of a favoured clime, whose purple grape tempted Hercules to arrest his course--whose waving corn-fields and embowelled treasures have ever since excited the cupidity of the various ambitious nations that have in turn disputed the empire of the world! Is it indeed true that ye are "now chiefly interesting to the traveller for the monuments which a foreign and odious race of conquerors have left behind them?"[1] Yes, you might proudly answer, we admit such is the case. Spain is chiefly interesting to the stranger on account of the monuments left by her turbaned conquerors; but she is so simply, because, in no other country, are they to be seen in so perfect a state; because, in no other part of the world subjected to Moslem sway, did the arts ever reach to such perfection.