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disappearing. In the Zacatin, which was in 

 old times the chief bazaar, is a building 

 formerly styled the Casa del Gallo de Viento 

 (Weathercock House), and now known by the 

 commonplace designation of Casa del Carbon 

 (Charcoal House), owing to its having been appro- 

 priated to the storage of that useful product. 

 Tradition avers that the palace (for such the house 

 at one time was) was built by Badis Ibn Habus, 

 a governor of Granada, who ruled about 1070 

 A.D., by whose direction a vane was made in the 

 shape of a warrior, mounted and armed with 

 shield and spear. In later years the building 

 served as a corn exchange. The only notable 

 features are the entrance with its horseshoe arch 

 and twin-windows, and vestibule with dome and 

 alcoves. Adjacent to the Casa del Carbon is 

 the house of the Duque de Abrantes. Beneath it 

 is said to be a subterranean passage communi- 

 cating with the Alhambra blocked up, oddly 

 enough, by the present owner of the site, without 

 any exploration or examination. 



Entered from the Carrera de Darro is the once 

 handsome Moorish bath house, now in the last 

 stages of dilapidation and neglect. It is believed 

 to date from the earliest period of Mohammedan 

 rule. The arches are of the old horseshoe type, 

 and the columns and capitals of a primitive order. 

 An inscription beginning, " In the Name of God, 



