-Traveling in Egypt 223

CHAPTER IX.

Cairo and the Arabian Nights.--Street Scenes and Cries.--Camels
and Donkeys.--Turkish Bazars in Old Cairo.--Water-Carriers.--The
Pyramids of Gizeh.--The Sphinx.--Interesting
Visit to a Native House.--Mosque of Mehemet
Ali.--The Rotten Row of Cairo.--The Khedive's Palace.--Egyptian
Museum.--Mosque of Amer.--Whirling and Howling
Dervishes.--Suez Canal.--Ismailia and Port Said.--Island of
Malta.--City of Valetta.--Palace of the Knights.--Bird's-eye View 259

CHAPTER X.

Voyage through the Mediterranean.--Gibraltar on Sunday.--Beautiful
Alameda.--Visit to the Famous Fortress.--Wild
Monkeys.--Cannon and Flowers.--Tangier.--Morocco.--Straits
of Gibraltar.--A Moorish City of To-day.--Local
Scenes.--A Private Museum.--The Governor's Palace.--Rusty
Keys.--The Typical Moor.--The Slave Market.--Oriental
Tableaux.--Visit to Washington Mount.--A Cup
of Moorish Coffee.--From Gibraltar to Malaga.--Spain.--The
City of Raisins and Sweet Wine 288

CHAPTER XI.

From Malaga to Granada.--Military Escort--A Beautiful
Valley.--A Dream Realized in the Alhambra.--The Moor
in his Glory.--Tangible Poetry.--A Brief Legend.--The
Generalife.--The Moor's Seat.--The Home of the Gypsies.--A
Gold Bearing River.--A Beautiful Residence.--Early
Home of the Ex-Empress Eugenie.--City of Granada.--Spanish
Beggars.--The Remarkable Tomb of Ferdinand and
Isabella.--French Vandals.--The Cathedral.--Precious
Relic.--The Cartuja.--Love of Music 311

CHAPTER XII.

Granada to Cordova.--An Antique City.--The Guadalquivir.--Old
Roman Bridge.--The Grand Mosque-Cathedral of
Cordova.--Court of Orange-Trees.--Army of Beggars.--From
Cordova to Madrid.--Local Characteristics of the Capital.--The
Gate of the Sun.--The King and Queen in Public.--The
Royal Palace.--Spanish Ladies and Gentlemen.--The
Fan.--The Picture-Gallery of Madrid.--National Sport
of the Bull-Fight.--Cowardice!--Interesting Visit to the
City of Toledo.--The Escurial 331

CHAPTER XIII.

From Madrid to Burgos.--Through a Barren Country.--The
Cathedral of Burgos.--Monastery of Miraflores.--Local Pictures.--A
Spanish Inn.--Convent of Las Huelgas.--From Burgos to San
Sebastian.--Northern Spain.--A Spanish Watering
Place.--Bayonne.--Lower Pyrenees.--Biarritz.--A Basque
Postilion.--A Pleasant Drive.--On Leaving Spain.--Sunday a