LA GRANJA 



and Flowers," with forty jets, highest jet twenty 

 yards. The water-jet of " La Fama " reaches 

 the height of thirty-five yards, and can be seen 

 from Segovia. " Diana's Baths " are a wonderful 

 medley of figures, sprays, and jets. 



The fountains play on feast days in summer. 

 Crowds come to see them, particularly when 

 members of the royal family are in residence 

 there, as their Majesties and Court come and 

 walk among them. It is amusing when certain 

 of the fountains are suddenly without warning 

 turned on to their full force, when the spray 

 gushes right and left, drenching the most eager 

 of the sightseers, who had elbowed their way 

 into what they fondly thought the best place. 



E. DELANEY 



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