Rambles in sunny Spain . my sister â the toros!Never shall I see them again! To a stranger, this fair, this assembling together of thousandsof natives, especially such a concourse of the paisanos (or countrypeople), could not fail of being interesting and instructive. As wewere walking one morning along the paseo on the banks of theGuadalquivir we heard a confused tinkling of bells and down upon us was a vast flock of Merino sheep, large-formed, shaggy-coated, filling the road for a long distance, guidedby gaunt shepherds in sheepskin, with long pikes, and their provisionladen u
Rambles in sunny Spain . my sister â the toros!Never shall I see them again! To a stranger, this fair, this assembling together of thousandsof natives, especially such a concourse of the paisanos (or countrypeople), could not fail of being interesting and instructive. As wewere walking one morning along the paseo on the banks of theGuadalquivir we heard a confused tinkling of bells and down upon us was a vast flock of Merino sheep, large-formed, shaggy-coated, filling the road for a long distance, guidedby gaunt shepherds in sheepskin, with long pikes, and their provisionladen upon a diminutive donkey. At another turn we were nearly run over by a galloping droveof bulls and oxen, which came tearing down a cross avenue, followedand headed by several wild-looking vaqueros on scrawny steeds, andbrandishing pikestaffs like lances. An immense drove of hogs camenext, and then more sheep, more cattle, droves of horses, troops oflonkeys, the latter always heavily laden with panniers full of young-. HALL OF THE AMBASSADORS, SEVILLE. SIGHT-SEEING IN SEVILLE. 163 sters and women, astride or riding sideways, crab-fashion. And sothey came in â thousands of animals, four-legged and two-legged âand camped in the open place set apart between the great tobaccofactory, the garden of the Duke Montpensier, and the walls of theancient city. At night their camp-fires were lighted, they sang anddanced, and extorted doubtful music from primitive instruments. Every afternoon the paseos are crowded with visitors, poor andrich, high and low. In every booth the Andalusian dance went on,attracting crowds of observers at the doors. Such a number offair sweet faces and mischievous black eyes it would be difficult tofind assembled again â until the time comes for another fair. Not the least interesting places were the side-shows, which werewonderfully like those at our own fairs and cattle-shows. Thus therewas the Gran Vista del Mundo (the Greatest Collection of Marvelson Earth)
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