this journey), and made a public entrance into Fez, where he was received with every mark of distinction.
After a long sojourn with the Sultán, Mohammed returned to Andalus in great state with a large number of followers, his adherents greatly increasing on his arrival at Guadix. All ranks flocked to his standard, the presence of the long-absent and popular sovereign infusing new vigour amongst the troops. The whole of the _Gharbia_, or Western districts, submitted to him. He was then enabled to take Malaga and to march upon Granada, which surrendered without opposition, and he thus saw himself once again in possession of his dominions. His triumphant entry into Granada took place April 6th, A.D. 1362, immediately before the death of the usurper, Mohammed VI., at the hands of King Pedro.
Mohammed V. reigned until the year 1391, when he was succeeded by his son, Yúsuf II.
To reach the summer resort of the Moorish Kings from the Alhambra, the better way is to leave the Palace by the _Torre del Picos_--Tower of the Peaks, or minarets--and thus approach the tall white towers and long arcades of the Generalife. To wander amidst its gardens and groves in the most sultry season is to enjoy a still more breezy region than that of the Alhambra.
The Generalife is a confluence of waters: the canal of the Darro empties its full virgin stream, and at times boils under evergreen arches through the Acequia Court.[14] In contemplation of its beauty, the present is forgotten in the past; old-world echoes still reverberate through the bemyrtled Courts, where the many flowers which enamel its terraces and aqueducts tranquilly attest that once a garden smiled:
“Cypress and ivy, weed and wall-flower grown Matted and mass’d together, hillocks heap’d On what were chambers, arch crush’d, column strown In fragments, chok’d up vaults, and frescos steep’d In subterranean damps, where the owl peep’d, Deeming it midnight: Temples, baths, or halls? Pronounce who can; for all that Learning reap’d From her research hath been, that these are walls--” _Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage_, Canto IV.
[Illustration: GARDEN OF THE GENERALIFE.]
[Illustration: PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE GARDEN OF THE GENERALIFE.]
[Illustration: ELEVATION AND GROUND PLAN OF THE PORTICO OF THE GENERALIFE.]