is princess is said to have been such
from her earliest childhood, that he gave himself up entirely to this
affection--devoting all his wealth to the gratification of her caprices.
The Arab palace, now no longer in existence, took its name from hers, in
consequence of a new one having been erected for her by her father,
adjoining his own, at a period at which she had scarcely grown out of
childhood. The two residences being occupied by succeeding princes as
one, received the appellation of los Palacios, (the Palaces) of Galiana.

In addition to her town residence, she soon after had the other palace
constructed about a mile from Toledo. To arrive at the ruins, we pass
the bridge of Alcantara, and follow the rose-tree promenade. From this a
path on the left-hand leads to the spot across a field in garden-like
cultivation. The selection made by the Arab princess of this situation,
proves her to have possessed, in addition to her beauty, a consummate
taste and intelligence of rural life.

The Tagus--a name, by the way, more deserving of poetic fame than many a
more widely echoed stream--in this spot, as if conscious of the pains he
must shortly undergo, while dashing through the deep and narrow chasm
through which he must force a passage around Toledo, seems to linger,
desirous of putting off the fated storm. His course becomes more
circuitous as he approaches; and indulging in a hundred irregularities
of form, he plays round several small thickly wooded islands,
penetrating with innumerable eddies and back currents, into flowery
nooks and recesses; while here and there he spreads out in a wide sheet
his apparently motionless waters, as if seeking to sleep away the
remainder of his days on these green and luxurious banks.

In the midst of this delicious region, which recalls to the recollection
some of the more favoured spots in England, but which, with the addition
of the Spanish climate in early summer, is superior to them all, was
placed the palace. The valley for a considerable distance still bears
the name of the Garden of the King,--Huerta del Rey. The site of part of
the pleasure grounds immediately adjoining the river, is left wild, and
covered with woods; and the remainder is converted into a farm in the
highest state of cultivation. The ruin consists of three sides of a not
very large quadrangle; the massive walls of which are pierced with two
stories of arched windows. The remainder of the edifice was doubtless