Lundgren's Studio 



colours, and he used to give me a hint or two now and 

 then, and let me copy what I liked out of his portfolio, 

 which was full of gems. 



Sometimes I used to take a long walk by myself, and 

 once got as far as Santi Ponce, when I slept in the pajar 

 (straw-loft) of the venta there ; and next day went on to 

 the ruins of the ancient city of Italica, where there are the 

 remains of a Roman theatre. But this is described else- 

 where. 



Once the Marques de Castilleja took me out for a day or 

 two to a country-house of his in the Campo de Carmona, 

 where he has olive-farms. I wrote at the time some little 

 account of the expedition, and here it is. 



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