Paris herself again in 1878-9 . mil f»l,l 1 J; \ ;,\^U^ 1. YIII. HIGH HOLIDAY IN THE CITY. Oct. journals of Barcelona gave, a few days since, an accountof a very remarkable fiesta which had taken place at Villareal, nearCastellon, on the borders of Valencia ; a region which, from theamiable temper and affable manners of its inhabitants, has acquiredthe name of un paradlso habltado por demonios—a paradise in-habited by fiends. The Villareal festival was an eminentlycharacteristic one. A bull was let loose in the streets, which were Jl 1 PARIS HERSELF partially barricaded. Through
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . mil f»l,l 1 J; \ ;,\^U^ 1. YIII. HIGH HOLIDAY IN THE CITY. Oct. journals of Barcelona gave, a few days since, an accountof a very remarkable fiesta which had taken place at Villareal, nearCastellon, on the borders of Valencia ; a region which, from theamiable temper and affable manners of its inhabitants, has acquiredthe name of un paradlso habltado por demonios—a paradise in-habited by fiends. The Villareal festival was an eminentlycharacteristic one. A bull was let loose in the streets, which were Jl 1 PARIS HERSELF partially barricaded. Throughout the whole daythe poor beastwas chased, worried, and tortured by amateur toreros; womenplunged scissors into its hide, the very children prodded it withforks, and at length, about sunset, the bull was brought into theplaza, where four streets converge; the wretched creature was tieddown to beams placed across a great pile of dried esparto, and thenthe bull, amid the shouts of a sympathetic population, wasslowhi roasted to death. This monstrous act o
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