, the moment for their
discovery has, in every way, been most propitious. However, I will not
enter into such speculations, but leave them to those who are that way
inclined. A. H. L.

_ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE._

WANDERINGS IN THE PENINSULA.

GRENADA, May 18, 1850.

MY DEAR FRIEND--It affords me much pleasure to write you from the midst
of the terrestrial paradise into which my romantic wanderings have at
length brought me. Almost every one who sets out from home with the
object of travel, looks forward to some one or two spots, which, in the
light of imagination, glitter like stars in the bright prospective. To
me, the two cities which most aroused my curiosity and pleased my fancy,
were first, Grenada, in which I now am, and Venice, to which I still
look forward with a brighter hope, gilded with the rays of memory, and
clustering with the rosebuds of coming days. In Grenada, my
expectations, sanguine as they were, have been more than realized. It is
the nearest approach to paradise that I have yet seen: a spot that
cannot disappoint any one, as the best part of its beauty, like that of
a beautiful woman, is of a nature, that not even genius itself can
describe. I visit the "Alhambra" daily, and write a letter within its
sacred precincts. Externally the "Alhambra" has a severe and forbidding
appearance, like that of an ancient fortress, but within, it exceeds in
beauty all one's preconceptions, however warm and extravagant they may
be. The terrace which conducts to it, after having passed through the
huge gate which opens into its jurisdiction, is embowered with tall,
straight, and overhanging elms, nicely trimmed and of the richest
foliage, while here and there a fountain marks the bends in the road.
Along this enchanting walk marble seats are arranged, where one can
repose for a moment to listen to the notes of the nightingales in the
adjacent groves, and charm his fancy with the melodious rippling of
water at his feet. If one has any feeling in his soul, in such a spot as
this he is sure to find it. If he has a woman with him he is certain to
fall in love, and if he has not, he may perhaps fall--_asleep_!

Besides the "Alhambra," there are numerous objects of peculiar interest
to be seen in Grenada. The Cathedral, though inferior to those of
Seville and Toledo in magnificence and grandeur, is nevertheless a
splendid edifice, and is rendered particularly interesting as being the
last resting-place of Fe