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the Yoke and Sheaf of Arrows have been 

 introduced into the decoration of the alcoves. 



The ruinous tower and apartment to the south 

 of the Hall of Justice, called the Rauda, appears to 

 have been the mausoleum of the Sultans. The 

 niches in which the titrbehs were placed may 

 till be distinguished, and the long, narrow 

 .rough used for the purification of the corpse. 

 In the Museum may be seen three tablets with 

 the epitaphs of the Sultans Yusuf III. and 

 Mohammed II. and of a prince Abu-1-Hejaj, 

 probably the former's son. 



Of the few remaining apartments of the Alham- 

 bra, the most interesting perhaps is the Tocador, 

 or Queen's Dressing-room, at the side of the Patio 

 de Lindaraja, opposite the Mirador de Lindaraja. 

 This was the apartment occupied by Washington 

 Irving, according to his own showing : " On 

 taking up my abode in the Alhambra, one end of 

 a suite of empty chambers of modern archi- 

 tecture, intended for the residence of the governor, 

 was fitted up for my reception. It was in front 

 of the Palace. ... I was dissatisfied with being 

 lodged in a modern apartment. ... I found, 

 in a remote gallery, a door communicating 

 apparently with an extensive apartment locked 

 against the public. ... I procured the key, 

 however, without difficulty ; the door opened 

 to a range of vacant chambers of European 



