CHAPTER XII.

Granada continued--The Zacatin--Market Place--Bazaar--Population--The Granadinos-Their Predilection for the French Costume--Love of Masked Balls--Madame Martinez de la Rosa's Tertulia--An English Country Dance metamorphosed--Specimen of Spanish Taste in fitting up Country Houses--The Marques de Montijo--Anecdote of the Late King and the Conde de Teba--Constitutional Enthusiasm of Granada--Ends in Smoke--Military Schools--Observations on the Spanish Army--Departure for Cordoba--Pinos de la Puente--Puerto de Lope--Moclin--Alcala la Real--Spanish Peasants--Manner of computing Distance--Baena--Not the Roman Town of Ulia--Castro el Rio--Occupied by a Cavalry Regiment--Valuable Friend--Curiosity of the Spanish Officers--Ditto of our New Acquaintance--Influence of "Sherris Sack"--He relates his History--Continuation of our Journey to Cordoba--First View of that City.....265