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ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1853, BY

SAMUEL HUESTON,

I THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK.

OHN A. GRAY,

PRINTER,

r. Frankfort St., New-York.

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SPAIN is one agglomeration of mountains, which rise in e tion from the sea-coast toward the interior; and it is owing logical construction that it presents so great a variety of clima

In the provinces of Andalusia, Murcia, and Valencia, which the Mediterranean, the winters are mild and genial, and th long and hot. In the northern provinces, which skirt the Py winters are cold and rainy, the springs and autumns damp an able, and the summers temperate. The provinces situated upo central plateau are subject to great vicissitudes of tempe weather being very variable in winter, and scorching hot in su

This variety of climate is characterized by a corresponding vegetable productions. In the northern regions we find the chestnut, and the cerealea; while in the southern we have th olive, the orange, and the vine.

I left Madrid for Toledo, which is about twelve leagues d still continued to traverse those desert-like plains which chara Castiles.

It would be some little consolation to the traveller, if he away the weary hours whilst passing through this uninterest but the jolting of the diligence over a shocking road, and th dust in which he is enveloped, render this impossible. After weary day's ride, I beheld in the distance imperial Toledo, r its lofty rocky foundation, with its Moorish Alcazar on one si stupendous cathedral on the other, towering majestically above The river Tagus surrounds the city except on one side, and this is protected by Moorish fortifications, now crumbling to ru passing these fortifications, we ascended a very steep, winding entered the city through a magnificent granite gateway.

The origin of Toledo is lost in the night of time. It was the Romans 193 B. C., who were expelled by the Goths towar

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walking around this most picturesque old city, the antiquary finds rous objects to attract his attention. Here the ruins of the Roman he Goth are mingled with those of the Moor and Spaniard.

the centre of the town towers aloft the cathedral, which was founded . Ferdinand in 1226, and completed in 1492.

e exterior is imposing, but the building is so much blocked up by unding houses that a good view of it cannot be obtained.

e interior realized all my ideas of the sublime in Gothic architecture. body of the church is composed of five naves, the arches of which upported by eighty-four enormous columns. The central nave is grand, and rises to the height of one hundred and sixty feet. Upon sides of the building are numerous chapels, nearly as large as ches, all of which are richly adorned with paintings and sculpture. he choir, as in all Spanish churches, occupies the central nave, but the mode of its construction, it does not mar the effect so much as in the cathedral of Burgos. Its Silleria, which was carved in the nth century, is truly worthy of admiration. Each stall represents e passage in the campaigns of Ferdinand and Isabella, and the ination of these beautiful carvings, which are authentic records of costume and arms of the age, has afforded me hours of pleasure. ne Capilla Mayor contains many objects of interest. The retablo of altar, which is reached by a flight of marble and jasper steps, is mented with a profusion of painted and gilded carvings, representpassages from the life of our Saviour. Here are the tombs of the Ent kings of Toledo, viz.: Alonzo VII., Sancho el Deseado, Sancho ravo, and the Infante Don Pedro. Here, likewise, repose the ashes he great Cardinal Mendoza, who was called Lertius Rex, and almost ed the sovereignty with Ferdinand and Isabella. The chapel of Reges Nuevos, or later kings of Toledo, is also well worthy of inspecHere, under most beautifully sculptured niches, repose Henrique Henrique III., and Juan II.

he remaining chapels are all worthy of attention, but we will pass them into the Sacristia, a magnificent gallery, adorned with many paintings by the great masters. The ceiling of this room is vaulted painted in fresco by Luca Giordasio.

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