Sir John Carr’s Travels in Spain. 
that these female attendants are now the 
mere appendages of a little excusable 
pride. 
AN, ICE-HOUSE. 
From the Alameda, we were invited to 
an ice-liouse, called a neveria, the largest 
and most fashionable in the city, and 
frequented by ladies of the highest rank. 
Tn the rooms, which were brilliantly illu- 
minated by patent lamps, supplied with 
vegetable oil, which produces no smoke, 
we saw much of the national character. 
They were very crouded. Some were 
drinking agras, a delightful beverage 
made of the juice expressed from the un- 
ripe grape and the tendrils, iced. I am 
surprized that this has not been manu- 
factured in England, where the out-door 
grapes are scarcely fit for any other pur- 
pose: some were drinking iced punch, 
liqueurs, &c. but all the male visitors 
were, or had been, smoking. Upon the 
tables which were of marble, small pans 
6f chareoal fire were placed, at which the 
smokers kindled their cigars. In Spain, 
every male smokes. The general, the 
soldier, the judge, the criminal, and even 
the lover, breathes out all the tenderness 
of his soul in puffs of genuine Havannah: 
in short, it is as natural to expect smoke 
from the mouth of a Spaniard, as from 
the top of a tavern chimney. The Ha- 
vannah cigar is the most aromatic, and 
sometimes costs as much as sixpence, 
‘The lower orders enjoy a cheaper sort, 
by cutting the tobacco leaf fine, and roll- 
ing jt in a small piece of paper; this is 
frequently passed from mouth to mouth, 
with more cordial sociality than attention 
to cleanliness. i have sepn beggars 
crawl under the tables to pick the rem- 
nants of burning cigars, which had been 
exnsumed sn low, that the fingers of the 
smoker could bytd them no longer. Every 
Spaniard is yyovided with a flint and 
steel; and, for tinder, be uses a fibrous 
vegetable from South America, called by 
the French, amadon. Gentlemen carry 
‘these instruments so necessary for their 
felicity in small cases, resembling bank- 
note pocket-books. In the streets, little 
boys levy small contributions by carrying 
a burning rope-match to light the cigars 
of passeiigers ; aind I saw suspended trom 
the doors of several shops, a thick piece 
of lighted rope, for the purpose of a si- 
‘milar accommodation. A_ present of 
Havannah cigarros is, to a Spaniard, a 
“Very high compliment, indeed, and -se- 
‘cures his alfections as fully as a good 
dinner does those of an Englishman. 
, Montuty Mae. No, 215. © 
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The goverment has of course not failed 
to retider tobacco a very lucrative source 
of revenue, and has reserved to itself thé 
right of disposing of it. ‘To government, 
in a thoroughly prepared state, it cost 
about two reals, or five-pence, per pound, 
and by thein it is resold to the public at 
fifty reals, or ten shillings, per pound, and 
often at a still more exorbitant price: 
Some English writers have asserted, that 
the Spanish: ladies smoke; and, though f 
saw no instances of it, I was well assured 
that the custorn partially cbtains amongst 
them. Smoking forms the chief, 'pere 
haps the only, excess of the Spaniard. 
It is a very rare sight to see him intoxe 
icated. His own wines are very light, 
and he frequently cannot afford to indulge 
even in them. $2 
THE HEROINE OF SARAGOSSA, 
Tt was with infinitely more gratification 
that I was introduced by Brigadier- 
general Doyle, an Irish officer in the 
Spanish service, to the celebrated Au- 
gustina Zaragoza, who, it will be remem= 
bered by all who have perused Me: 
Vaughan’s very interesting narrative of 
the siege of Saragoza (Saragossa), by her 
valour, elevated herself to the highest 
rank of heroines, during the first siege 
of that illustrious, but unfortunate, city, 
in the month of June, 1808. ° 
_In the second siege, some particulars 
of which I shall hereafter relate, she sure 
passed her former achievements. Au- 
gustina appeared to be of the age which 
Mr, Vaughan has assigned to her, about 
twenty-three when I saw her. She was 
neatly dressed in the black mantilla, 
Ney complexion was a light olive, her 
countenance soft and pieasing, and her 
manners, which were perfectly feminine, 
were easy and engaging, Upon the 
sleeve of one of her arms she wore three 
embroidered badges of distinction, com- 
meinorative ‘of three distinguished acts 
of her intrepidity. | Brigadier-general 
Doyle told me, that she never talked of 
her own brilliant exploits, but always 
spoke with animation of the many she 
saw displayed by others in those memo- 
rable sicyes. These insignia of military 
merit had been conferred upon her by 
her illustrious commander, General 
Joseph Valafox. The day before I was 
introduced to this extraordinary female, 
she had been entertained at a dinner 
given by Admiral Purvis on board of his 
flag-ship.. The particulars I received 
from /an officer who was present; as she 
received a pension from government, 
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