Note 72 — Chapter VIII · CADIZ.

Prescott, speaking of Cordova, says—“The streets are represented to have been narrow; many of the houses lofty, with turrets of curiously-wrought larch or marble, and with cornices of shining metal that glittered like stars through the dark foliage of the orange groves, and the whole is compared to an enamelled vase sparkling with hyacinths and emeralds.”