journey

384 A J O Ü R K E Y FRÓItí
M a l a c a : While I was at Granada, I fpent á
?MoS n o f moft agreeable day at the feat of a
Houfe near , M Í * 1
Granada. nobleman, about a mile trom the city¿
built on the declivity of a hill that
defcended to the river Darro.- The
houfe and gardens were juft as they
were left by the Moors.- The whole
front of the edifice was entirely open,-
and formed a noble fáloon, the roof
of which was fupported by pillars of
jafper, refting on marble feats; it
was kept perpetually cool by two
fountains that rofe higher than the
cieling, being received above it into
as many little domes. At the entrance
of this charming room, you had an
oppofite view of a very long walk,
íhaded by high arches of vines; a
row of fountains, fifty in number^
were placed the whole length of the
alley, and the profpect bounded by a
grotto,