Rambles in sunny Spain . ast-day; but, brought out fromtheir concealment, rich tapestries were hung upon the walls of theopposite church, and an altar erected in the street, with a fine paintingand a good one, behind it. About six oclock the procession was formed; people flocked hither from all quarters ofthe city, and the streetswere crowded. Foresee-ing this state of tilings,we climbed the belfry-tower and gazed downcalmly upon the multi-tudes beneath. Flocksof boys in white gownsand priests in petticoatsgathered about the doorsof the cathedral, and soonthey began to fetch outtheir candlesti
Rambles in sunny Spain . ast-day; but, brought out fromtheir concealment, rich tapestries were hung upon the walls of theopposite church, and an altar erected in the street, with a fine paintingand a good one, behind it. About six oclock the procession was formed; people flocked hither from all quarters ofthe city, and the streetswere crowded. Foresee-ing this state of tilings,we climbed the belfry-tower and gazed downcalmly upon the multi-tudes beneath. Flocksof boys in white gownsand priests in petticoatsgathered about the doorsof the cathedral, and soonthey began to fetch outtheir candlesticks andholy images, — brass andsilver and gilt. Every boycarried a candle. Thenthere were troops of girls,— hundreds of stretched halfaround the great mosque,and the line of imageswas unbroken for a longdistance. A band was in attendance and played a lovely air, but soon themusic died away, and the noise of shuffling feet ceased about the timethe sun went down ; the shadow of the tower that had crept slowly. VALENCIAN LABORER.
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