G G G. The place where the water was heated. The copper vessels anciently employed for this purpose were sold many years ago by the then Governor of the Alhambra for the sum of 14,000 reals, about £350 sterling. From these coppers, the warm water was conducted between the walls to the different baths by means of pipes communicating with them, and which are distinctly shown by the white line. I I I I I I. Other baths and apartments. The lines _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ _a_ designate steps by which the bathers descended into the water. K. The great Hall of the Baths. [Illustration: GROUND PLAN OF THE BATHS IN THE ALHAMBRA.] [Illustration: SECTION OF THE HALL OF THE BATHS.] [Illustration: A SECTION OF THE BATHS IN THE ALHAMBRA.] [Illustration: THE SULTÁNA’S BATH.] [Illustration: THE SULTÁN’S BATH.] [Illustration: THE HALL OF THE BATHS.] [Illustration: CEILING OF THE HALL OF THE BATHS.] [Illustration: LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH THE BATHS.] [Illustration: PLATE XXXIII. No. 42. Cornice to the roof, Court of The Mosque.] [Illustration: PLATE XXXIV. No. 43. Divan, Court of The Fish Pond.] [Illustration: PLATE XXXV. No. 44. Actual state of the Colours.] [Illustration: PLATE XXXVI. No. 45. Windows in the Alcove, Hall of The Two Sisters.] [Illustration: PLATE XXXVII. No. 46. The Vase.] [Illustration: PLATE XXXVIII. No. 47. Details of one of the Arches, Hall of Justice.] [Illustration: PLATE XXXIX. No. 48. Details of the Arches, Hall of the Abencerrages.] [Illustration: PLATE XL. No. 49. Centre Painting on the Ceiling, Hall of Justice.] [Illustration: THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND; OR, OF THE MYRTLES.] [Illustration: GALLERY, THE COURT OF THE MYRTLES.] [Illustration: THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND; OR, OF THE MYRTLES.] [Illustration: DETAILS OF THE GALLERY IN THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND; OR, OF THE MYRTLES.] [Illustration: COURT OF THE FISH-POND.] [Illustration: ENTRANCE TO THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND.] [Illustration: ORNAMENT IN THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND.] ought to be flat, and are not now Moorish; do not pause to imagine the pierced marble balustrade that once walled-in this bathing-place of the dark-skinned people; nor picture glowing Bathsebas--Rubens’ group of floating, and laughing Sultánas, with female black slaves watching their gambols from under the shady portico. Air and water are the perpetual treasures of this place, and I tasted them both gratefully as I strode under the pointed arches, away from the burning lashes of the sun that drove me under cover.” [Illustration: THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND; OR, OF THE MYRTLES.]