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only and thus seem greater in extent. The casino instead of occuping a central space is built above the upper terrace and high enough to overlook the entire garden and palace. Its view also includes the Alhambra, Granada and the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Genevalife is almost worth a trip from America to Spain if that alone was the quest-

The country from Algiceras (opposite Gibraltar) to Granda is truly beautiful: it is rich in trees of many kinds, grows fine fruit and grain, has plenty of live stock fine farms houses and interesting villages. There are some fine mountains, splendid valleys and considerable historical interest- water everywhere-

Granada as a city, however, without its ancient buildings, interesting history and gypsy life would be tame enough- Seville lies in a low, level sort of plain and as a city is more interesting than Granada, but neither aside from their few architectural features of great renow [[renown]] can be compared with Naples and other italian towns. The Cathedral here is superb and so is the House of Pilate, but the Alcazar is to me very disappointing and "the court of oranges" of which I have heard so much is not one half as interesting as hundreds of Ulster County apple orchards- of course the walls of the cathedral surrounding it are fine, but the court itself is a disgrace to the authorities who have charge of it. The Giralda from which Stamford White got his inspiration for the Madison Square Tower, is charming but according to my ideas of effect White beat his famous model by fully fifty per cent. The inner courts of the better class houses of Seville are the most interesting sights of the town, excepting of course the famous building above named- The city