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60 peux que sentir!' exclaimed the authoress of ’Les Lettres d'Espagne ' on entering ; but the predominant feeling is one of regret for the Moors, whose dynasty produced such marvels of beauty and of art. Entering by the fish-pond ^ patio/ and visiting first the Whispering Gallery, you pass through the Hall of the Ambassadors, and the Court of Lions, out of which lead the Hall of the Abencerrages, and that of Justice, with its two curious monuments and wonderful fi'etted roof, and then come to the gem of the whole, the private apartments of the Moorish kings, with the recessed bedroom of the king and queen, the boudoir and lovely latticed windows overlooking the beautifiil little garden of Lindaraja (the violets and orange- blossoms of which scented the whole air), and the exquisite baths below. It is a thing to dream of,