bear) 
from the drafts which they have given us in their travels. It 
appears therefore, that there is little or no reafon for fuppofing 
our Gothic buildings imitations. of the Eaftern;, for although the 
pointed arch may in fome few places occur, yet it by no means 
is the charaCteriftic of the Eaftern ftyle. 
5- Tue fecond opinion, that the Gothic archite@ture was 
derived from the Moors, who introduced it with their victo- 
rious arms into Spain, froma whence it was imported into 
the other countries of Europe, appears to be lefs tenable than 
the firft; the form and decorations of the Moorifh arch being very 
different from. the Gothic, as may be feen in the drawings which 
are given us of Moorifh buildings, particularly of the celebrated 
palace of Alhambra.. See Swinburne’s travels in Spain. See alfo in 
Houel’s Picturefque Voyage through the iflands of Sicily, Malta and 
Lipari, a drawing of the prince of Palagonia’s palace at La Bagaria, 
which is a Moorifh building. Neither are there the leaft traces of 
Gothic archite@ure in the drawings of the Moorifh. palaces in Les 
Delices d’Efpagne *. In all thefe, and alfo in the Moorith caftle of 
Gibraltar, the arches are either femicircles, or fegments greater than 
femicircles, approaching to the horfe-fhoe’ form, which is the: 
genuine Moorifh arch. 
6. Tuer third opinion is that of Dr. Stukely, “ The original 
* of all arts,” fays he,“ is deduced from nature; and affuredly 
“* the idea of this Arabian arch, (fo he calls the Gothic) and 
flender- 
* Grofe’s Antiquities, Pref. 
