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The poor Cobbler of Granada.—Spanish Rule of Living.—Xantippe.—Search
for Gold.—Messenger Dove.—Dreams.—Landslip.—Fever cured.—Conversion.—
The Watch Tower.—Magic Bell.—Parapanda Mountains.—Reign of Law.—Gift
to the Duke of Wellington.—Bloody Pass.—Vega.—Water Gates.—The Last
Sigh of the Moor.—His Mother’s Reproof.—Moorish Race.—Political
Prisoners.—Birthplace of Eugenie.—The Generaliffe.—Ancient Tree.—
Suspected Queen.—Women of Spain.—Sins of Climate
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CHAPTER XIV.
GRANADA.
Troubadour and Gypsy Life.—Dwarf.—Horse.—Fair.—Physique of the gitanos.—
Habits.—Habitations.—Moral Principle.—Chastity.—Swindling.—
Superstition.—Fortune-tellers.—Credulity.—Trickery.—Parisian
Spiritualist.—Gypsy Creed.—Musings.—Causes of Astonishment.—Paintings
and Cathedrals.—Unworthy Ambition.—Silence in Church.—Cathedral of
Granada.—Chapel Royal.—Tomb of Ferdinand and Isabella.—Tomb of Philip
and Crazy Jane.—Obliging Priest.—Fees.—Leaving Granada.—Disguised
Thief.—Seizure and Imprisonment.—Out of Granada
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CHAPTER XV.
GENEVA.—FREYBURG.—BERNE.
Geneva.—Color of the Rhone.—Cæsar’s Wall.—Cathedral.—Calvin.—Lady Jane
Grey.—Rousseau.—Voltaire.—Madame de Stael.—Byron.—Jura.—Mont Blanc.—
Celebrities.—Coppet.—Ninon.—St. Protais.—Lisus.—Morges.—Grand
Muveran.—Diablerets.—Mont Rosa.—Mont Blanc.—Lausanne.—St. Anne.—Sacred
Rat.—Cathedral.—Convention of Reformers.—Gibbon.—Classic Ground.—
Chillon.—Bonnivard.—Torture Chamber.—Hotel Byron.—Railroad.—Ice.—Swiss
Valleys.—Freyburg.—Suspension Bridge.—Great Organ.—Cathedral.—
Wonderful Music: its Power and Sweetness.—Berne.—Morat.—Burgundian
Custom.—Public Bears.—Unfortunate Englishman.—Curious Clock.—Market
Women.—Federal Palace.—Swiss Cantons.—Bernese Alps.—Thun.—Jungfrau
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CHAPTER XVI.
THE BRUNIG PASS.—LUCERNE.
Pleasant Ride.—Interlaken.—Lakes Thun and Brienz.—Abendberg.—Faulhorn.—
Giesback.—Illumination.—Ascent of the Brunig.—Vale of Meyringen.—Falls
of Reichenbach.—Lungern.—Splendid Courage.—Cheap Suffering.—Modern
Reformers.—Mount Pilatus.—Myths.—Lucerne.—Population.—St. Leger.—
Service.—Crucifix.—A Devotee.—Mass.—Organ.—Cloisters.—Lake Lucerne.—
Lion of Lucerne.—Dance of Death.—Striking Scenery.—Gersau.—Brunnen.—
Bay of Uri.—Sir James Mackintosh.—Swiss Patriots.—Chapel of Tell.—
Cascades.—Fluellen.—Altorf.—Captain Lott
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CHAPTER XVII.
THE BLACK VIRGIN OF EINSIEDELN.—LIFE IN SWITZERLAND, ETC.
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