. The land of the Dons. ^quite a little army of enthusiasts; and over andabove them the plaza is filling rapidly. The hugeamphitheatre consists of tier after tier of seats, bothwooden and stone. The lower rows are stonethroughout; and the lowest of all, and consequentlythe nearest to the barrcra—and the bull—are calledthe barreras and the contrabarreras. Receding fromthese are the stone tendidos, rising one above anotherto the number of twelve. Once more, above theseare the gradas, wooden benches, under cover of thefirst floor ; the delanteras or foremost row adjoin abalustrade ; then come the
. The land of the Dons. ^quite a little army of enthusiasts; and over andabove them the plaza is filling rapidly. The hugeamphitheatre consists of tier after tier of seats, bothwooden and stone. The lower rows are stonethroughout; and the lowest of all, and consequentlythe nearest to the barrcra—and the bull—are calledthe barreras and the contrabarreras. Receding fromthese are the stone tendidos, rising one above anotherto the number of twelve. Once more, above theseare the gradas, wooden benches, under cover of thefirst floor ; the delanteras or foremost row adjoin abalustrade ; then come the gradas proper, one, two,. THE BULLFIGHT. 175 three, four, five rows. In the upper storey are thefour rows of andanadas, also rising above theirdelanteras; as well as the palcos or boxes, betweenwhich and the andanadas the whole floor is divided. A very elementary knowledge of astronomy willserve to appreciate that if the sun during his twoor two and a half hours passage over the arenaleaves, to begin with, one half of the plaza shade, this shaded half increases in proportionas the suns rim dips behind the western wall ofthe building. This circumstance controls the dearest seats, whether tendidos, gradas, orpalcos, are those which are in shade from the veryoutset. These are the localidades de sombra, andyou pay a premium, not for seeing better, but forkeeping cool. Cheaper are those places which soonfall into shadow, but are not. so at the first. Theseare the localidades de sol y sombra (sun and shadow) ;and of course the cheapest of all are those whichhave the naked glare throughout. H
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