. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . ork of the land—hoeing,weeding, Szc. Like the Jew, the gypsy has ever hithertobeen conspicuous by his absence from every field of manuallabour: both prefer the lighter barters of life; and thatthe gitano should now—even casually—take to such honestwork, is perhaps a sign of the times. One great change has, however, been wrought by thecentury of equal laws—a change perhaps of vital importto the villain crew. The once sacred crratc is contami-nated. Marriages between the two races—with or withoutthe san
. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . ork of the land—hoeing,weeding, Szc. Like the Jew, the gypsy has ever hithertobeen conspicuous by his absence from every field of manuallabour: both prefer the lighter barters of life; and thatthe gitano should now—even casually—take to such honestwork, is perhaps a sign of the times. One great change has, however, been wrought by thecentury of equal laws—a change perhaps of vital importto the villain crew. The once sacred crratc is contami-nated. Marriages between the two races—with or withoutthe sanction of the church—are now frequent, though theSpaniard who contracts such ill-savoured union losescaste among his or her own people, and the children ofthese mixed marriages never lose the taint. By this means there has sprung into existence, duringlate years, an intermediate class, neither pure Gitano nor * In speed of foot, the gitano lads carry off tlie palm, leaving allcompetitors behind in the rare athletic contests wliicli have takenplace in Southern Spain. ).)) ) ,, ,. obo <I a; a I< << O H<l a THE SPANISH GYPSY OF TO-DAY. 289 Spanish, which is daily increasing, and, being free fromall the traditionary observances of the gypsy, mingles moreand more Avitli the national life, carrying with it much ofthe ready wit and piquancy of the latter. The result of this grafting of an element of gitanismoupon the original Castilian stock is the Flamenco of to-day,and it is a curious satire on Spanish society that the styleand attire, even the language, of this wanton half-castebreed have become a fashionable craze—have been hysome paradoxical freak adopted by a section of even thehigher Madrilenian circles who revel in copying the garb,the manners, and the jargon of the once loathed gjpsA-,Flamencos are found in ever} grade—well known amongthe gilded youth of Madrid or Seville—but the bull-ringappears to provide the most approved models for this sch
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