October, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
563 
DOCTOR HENSHALL 
VISITS SPAIN 
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the enormous waste of our timbered 
lands. The landscape through which we 
traveled was wholly without interest, ex- 
cept an occasional castle on a rocky 
mountain or a hamlet on a hillside. As 
a natural consequence of the paucity of 
woods and groves, birds were seldom seen 
except a vulture, eagle or bustard. 
Arriving at Granada we put up at the 
Washington Irving Hotel, named! in hon- 
or of the author of those fascinating vol- 
umes, Granada, Alhambra and Columbus. 
In the yard of the hotel we saw some 
red-legged partridges in willow cages, 
which we were given to understand were 
used as decoys by sportsmen in shooting 
those game-birds. Within easy shooting 
distance of a convenient blind the decoys 
are staked out to lure and invite their un- 
suspecting fellows to a cruel and igno- 
minious slaughter by so-called sportsmen. 
Granada is situated on the banks of the 
River Darro, on one of the loveliest 
plains in the world, at the foot of the Si- 
erra Nevada Mountains, whose summits 
are perpetually covered with snow. Dur- 
ing the dominion of the Moors Granada 
was one of the largest and most import- 
ant cities of Andalusia, and at the pres- 
ent day is still one of the most populous. 
The center of its commercial activities is 
the old Vivirrambla, once the scene of 
Moorist jousts and tourneys, and the ad- 
joining wide street, the old bazaar, still 
retains the small shops and booths, a re- 
minder of its Oriental ancestry. The 
Alameda, on the edge of town, is a fine 
shady park and promenade, the favorite 
resort of the populace. Most of the 
streets are narrow, crooked and badly 
paved, but the gushing fountains, lofty 
domes, minarets and steeples seen from a 
distance form a charming view that pro- 
claims its Moorish origin. 
The Cathedral is massive but gloomy, 
and contains some notable paintings. Its 
interior seemed rather flimsy and gaudy, 
but the dome is lofty and grand in white 
and gold. We were rather more inter- 
ested in the fish market, with its odd and 
curious display of the finny tribe. We 
observed that the ladies of Granada were 
handsome and elegant, but like all the 
daughters of Andalusia were much given 
to coquetry and flirting, and devoted to 
the love of balls and routs, the theatre 
and bull-fights. 
On one of the hills beyond the town is 
the Gypsy quarter, where the Spanish 
Gypsies live in caves, dug-outs and huts, 
not unlike the cliff-dwellers of Arizona. 
A deep ravine separates this hill from 
the one occupied by the wonderful fort- 
ress known as the Alhambra, which is, 
of course, the principal feature of Gran- 
ada. But as Washington Irving, who 
once resided within its walls, has devoted 
an entire volume to its history, descrip- 
tion and wonders, not much can be ex- 
pected from my feeble pen. 
The marvelous Alhambra is situated on 
a commanding hill overlooking the town, 
and is approached by a sloping walk 
shaded by elms, cypresses and pepper 
trees, whose roots are nourished by a 
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