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Title: Impressions of Spain in 1866
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Herbert of Lea, Mary Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness, 1822-1911
Subjects: Spain -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Bentley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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impassable, and in passing over whichevery bone of their bodies seemed dislocated intheir springless vehicle, till, at two oclock in theafternoon, they reached the station, where, totheir intense relief, they again came upon a rail-road. Hastily swallowing some doubtftil chocolate,they established themselves once more comfort-ably in the railway carriage ; but after being in 38 ON THE BOAD TO CORDOVA. the enjoyment of this luxury for half an hour, thetrain came, all of a sudden, to a stand-still; andthe doors being opened, they were politely toldthat they must lualk, as a landslip had destroyedthe line for some distance. Coming at last to apicturesque town with a fine bridge over theGuadalquiver, they were allowed once more totake their seats in the carriages, and finallyarrived at Cordova at eight oclock at night, aftertwenty-four hours of travelling, alternating fi:-omintense cold to intense heat, very tired indeed,horribly dusty and dirty, and without having hadany church all day.
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Mosque at Cordova. CORDOVA. 39 CHAPTER III. CORDOVA AND MALAGA. A COMFORTABLE little olcl-fashioned inn, with a patio fLill of orange-trees, leading to a public sala, rather like a room at Damascus, withalcoves and fountains, gladdened the hearts of om^wearied travellers. After a good nights rest (andone advantage in Spain is, that except mosqui-toes, your beds are generally free from other in-habitants), they started down the narrow, badly-paved streets to visit the cathedral. The exterioris disappointing, as all you see is a buttressedwall, with square towers sixty feet high, oppositewhich is the gateway and wall of the archiepiscopalpalace. But on passing through alow arched door,you come into a beautiful Oriental court, in thecentre of which is a picturesque Moorish fountain,the rest of the space being filled with orange-trees and palms, and on the north side an ex-quisite giralda, or tower, from whence there is a 40 CORDOVA. beautiflil view over the whole town and neigh-bourhood.

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