. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . instead of standing there to be hired, are obviouslyvery different things. It implies, besides, permanentwages at increased rate, without manual work to do, for thecapataz only orders. He hires the labourers required, often with an e3e to hisown advantage. The master never sees the men engaged :there is no check on the honesty of the agent, but con- 224 WILD SPAIN. sideraljle variation in the quality of the hired. The old,the halt and lame, if friends of the capataz, receive thesame pay as the young a
. Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration . instead of standing there to be hired, are obviouslyvery different things. It implies, besides, permanentwages at increased rate, without manual work to do, for thecapataz only orders. He hires the labourers required, often with an e3e to hisown advantage. The master never sees the men engaged :there is no check on the honesty of the agent, but con- 224 WILD SPAIN. sideraljle variation in the quality of the hired. The old,the halt and lame, if friends of the capataz, receive thesame pay as the young and strong. Although all may goforth into the vineyard at the seventh hour, there is _yetground for doubting the substantial justice of the nine-teenth-century capataz as there was in olden days of Biblehistory. These and other minor abuses will not be remedied tilllandowner and farmer live on their properties—a thing un-known in Spain. The farmer, or lahrador—as with grotesqueincongruity he styles himself—lives in his cool andluxurious mansion in the town, receiving visits every few. WOODEN PLOUGHSHARE. days from his steward; but months go by, even years, be-tween his rare visits to the farm. The land is, as a rule,his own, and being a man of means, so long as things goon fairly, and his sacks of corn or casks of wine arrive intown in due season, and without excessive pillage, he iscontent. Most of the farms being held by capitalists, the farmercan withstand the loss of a few bad years: and when agood one comes—they calculate one fat year to four lean—all losses are recouped and a large balance to the good re-wards his patience.
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