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bringing the bulls from their temporary resting-place to 

 the scene of their humiliation was not less than that of 

 their original capture. Through the forest they had only 

 the trees and shrubs before them, to which they were ac- 

 customed ; and if the line of huntsmen alone was sufficient 

 to awaken their rage and terror amidst scenes familiar 

 to them, how much more must those feelings have been 

 excited when passing through the streets of a town crowded 

 with people, the houses gaily decorated with red, blue, 

 white, and green hangings, and greeted with a thousand 

 tongues in the joy fulness of expectation ? Twice the terri- 

 fied and furious herd turned and dashed through the assem- 

 bled crowd, tossing arid goring all who ventured to oppose 

 them, and twice the circling horsemen brought them back. 

 One fine black bull took to the river and swam out about 

 two miles before a boat could be put off to re-capture it. 

 Several of the English soldiers who were quartered near 

 the town swam after it, and one of them an excellent 

 swimmer had nearly reached it, when a fishing-boat 

 came up, and fixing a cord round the bull's horns, towed it 

 in. The soldier however was resolved not have his trouble 

 for nothing, and, mounting on its back, was landed safely 

 amidst the shouts of the spectators. The sport of baiting 

 the bulls for the purpose of taming them, began at three 

 in the afternoon, when the heat of the sun had somewhat 

 abated. Six of the wild animals were ushered into the 

 circus, surrounded by a band of mounted picadores, and 

 accompanied by several tame cattle with bells, when one 

 by one they were secured with cords to the cart, and a 

 leathern cap placed on the points of the horns, after which 

 they were all driven into the pen. The circus was then 

 cleared, and the Spaniards entered, gaily attired in the 

 Andalusian costume, the grace and elegance of which 

 must be seen to be properly understood. The hair, which 

 is worn long, is confined in a black silk bag, which is fas- 

 tened with bows of black riband ; the light-colored velvet 



