The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-21

other Mohammedan buildings, the or
namentation is in geometrical figures
and flowers, as the followers OF this
religion carry their aversion to idola-
try so far that they do not use human
figures or even figures of animals in
decoration. The material -ernplovdd in
the Alhambra is stucco and il is sur
| prlslnS what delicacy and grace char
actertZe the works One finds here
reminder of the screens which play SO
important part in the tombs built
by the Moha-nmedan conquerorS i'll In
dia. except that in India marble is
used.
| To the American the room known as
/ the hall of the ambassadors is espe-
cially interesting because in this room.
/ II the word of the guide can be relied
upon, Ferdinand and Isabelle received
/ Columbus just before he embarked
upon his voyage of discovery.
| part of the Alhambra was torn
down by order of Charles the Fifth,
who early in the sixteenth century
conceived the idea of building himself
a palace of modern design. The struc-
/ ture was never finished, however, and
stands today ruin, more substantial
but less beautiful than the palace
! which ii was intended to outshine
| The Moors built great cistern within
| the outer walls of Alhambra and
supply it. 1t is so far below the sur
face that the water is always cool and
the water is so perfectly filtered that
even now it is greatly sought for
drinking. This far-sighted provision
not only for presents wants but for pos
sible siege seems to have been charac-
| teristic Of the Moors. for the city of
Constantinople was likewise protected
by immense underground reservoirs.
Granada has considerable gypsy
population. From the Alhambra one
can see their dwellings on an opposite
hillside. The rooms are hewn out of
the stone, with only the door visible
All in all, Granada offers as much of
variety as one can find anywhere in
Europe, and more glimpses of the
oriental life of the past than can be
seen anywhere else west Of the Bos-
phorus.
The rock of Gibraltar has no adver-
Using matter on it. In this respect
only does it differ from the photo
graphs with which every reader is ia
miliar. 1t is. however, larger than the
pictures indicate. IL is an immense
limestone formations, rising abruptly
from the water to a height of 1,400
| feet 1t is about three miles long, and,
at the widest point, thIee-quarters of
a mile across. 1t is evident that il
| was once an island. for the low, flat
| strip Of ground which connects il
with the mainland seems to have been
formed by the washing in of the sand.
The triangular face of the rock which
| is usually photographed looks toward
the land instead of toward the sea,
the water front being much less i'm
posing. A town of $4,000 inhabitants
! has grown UP around the base of the
rock, fully 20 per cent of the popula-
| ton being made up of the English gar
| rison. 1t Is strictly, a military town
and the government does not encour-
age the settlement of civilians there.
The rock is full of concealed cannon
and is supposed to be impregnable II
seems to be perforated with galleries
and one sees the nose of a cannon
poked out at every commanding point
When the wind is from the east. a
cloud hovers over the rock, sometimes
concealing it's summit. While the har-
Dor at Gibraltar Is not an especially
good one, 1t is one Of the most fire.
quented in the world, and the dry
docks will accommodate the largest
ships. Just beyond the rock of Gibrai-