Seville by Moonlight 



in her realm, and as all its denizens are her customers, she 

 must do a very pretty business. 



Beyond the orange and lemon-groves of the De/kias, the 

 vi'atery serpent coiled away along the plain, vi^ith here and 

 there a distant reach that caught the silver of the skies. 

 Going round to the east side of the tower, where, by the 

 way, we came out but did not stop (deeming, with that 

 restless impatience to which humanity is prone, that what 

 first presented itself must be least worth looking at), we 

 beheld in the far horizon the converging ranges of the 

 Sierra Morena and the mountains of Ronda. The dim 

 intervening plain was dotted here and there with bright 

 towers, that rose against the slanting rays. The moon was 

 full, and such a moon ! We singled out the loftiest point 

 in the horizon, part of the Sierra di Ronda, whither to 

 direct our steps when we leave this place. We have 

 determined to take no guide, but to ride from peak to peak, 

 always selecting the most ambitious land-mark we can 

 get sight of, and trusting to Providence for supper and 

 adventures. 



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