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Title: Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : P. F. Collier
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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degenerated into meremercenaries, fighting on either side forrevenge or gain. After the War of1812, in which they took the side of theBritish, the United States Governmentresolved to send them as far W. as ALHAMBBA 116 ALIAS possible. After 1840, few of them re-mained E. of the Mississippi. War anddisease have thinned their number, untilonly 37,000 remain in the United States,and 63,000 in Canada. The chief oc-cupations of the Algonkians were hunt-ing, fishing and corn raising. ALHAMBRA, the famous palace ofthe Moorish kings of Granada, situatedon a hill N. of the town of Granada. pavements and walls are covered withcolored tiles; and in its center is theFountain of the Lions, an alabasterbasin supported by 12 lions of whitemarble, out of whose mouths spouted thewater from the basin. The Hall of theAbencerrages, the most beautiful one inthe palace, is surrounded by an arcadewith marble arches. This hall was thescene about 1480 of the massacre of thefamily of the Abencerrages, by King
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THE RED CASTLE, ALHAMBRA It is inclosed in a walled area of 35acres. The chief entrance to the in-closure is by a horseshoe arch, calledthe Gate of Judgment, 28 feet high, sur-mounted by a square tower. From thisa narrow passage leads to the Plaza delos Algibes, where, on the left, is theruined Alcazaba, the fortress of theAlhambra, and on the right is an un-finished palace of Charles V. Behindthe latter is the Alhambra. Outside,the palace is cold and plain looking, butwithin, in the most ornate style of theEast, are many halls, porticoes, courts,chambers, gardens, and mosaic pave-ments in red, blue, and yellow colors.The stone lacework is covered with in-scriptions from the Koran and Arabicpoetry. The Court of the Myrtles con-tains a large fish pond, and the famousAlhambra vase, discovered in the 16thcentury and dating from 1320. It isnearly 5 feet high, and is enameled inwhite, blue, and gold. The Hall of the Ambassadors, thelargest in the Alhambra, is containedvrithin the tower of

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