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women, and children, all crowding toward the ticket-office. When 

 the doors were open, there was a general rush and scramble for 

 seats. The enigma was soon explained to me. It was not Bur- 

 gos alone that produced all this people, but the whole country 

 around ; they were all bound for Valladolid, where there was to 

 be a bull-fight lasting four daj^s. 



"We were unable to get the least thing to eat at Burgos. At 

 the next station all the extra cars were put on, but they were 

 hardly sufficient to hold all the people here, who were also on 

 their way to the bull-fight. 



The master of the train, conductor, and other officers ran right 

 and left, swore, cursed, blasphemed, thus making the confusion ten- 

 fold greater and the delay much longer. The consequence of all 

 this was that we only got off one hour and a half later than we 

 should have done by the regulations. The train at last started, 

 but, being more than the locomotive could easily draw, our prog- 

 ress was slow. At the next station hundreds were waiting to be 

 taken in, but the master of the train only went slow enough to 

 tell the chief of the station that there were no more places, as all 

 was full. Though the cars were in motion, no sooner was this 

 heard than there was a general pursuit, some succeeding in scram- 

 bling into the cars or gaining the top. This was followed by a 

 general groaning and cursing from those who were unsuccessful, 

 and loud cheers of hurrah from those who had succeeded in get- 

 ting in or climbing on tojD of the cars. 



I pitied the poor ticket officer. As I turned round my head in 

 that direction I saw already a crowd forming round him, making 

 most violent gesticulations — no doubt asking back their money, 

 with damage and interest for bets which they never would have 

 made. If physiognomy shows the workings of the human mind, 

 that of the poor fellows who were left evinced the most bitter dis- 

 appoinment. Napoleon witnessing the burning of Moscow could 

 not have looked as deplorable as these poor people who were 

 left. 



"We traveled six hours in the railway, after which we again got 

 into the diligence, to which fourteen mules were put, and off we 

 went. At ten o'clock P.M. we arrived at another railway station, 

 where we learned that we were one hour too late. Our conduct- 

 or swore at the manager, and the manager swore at the conduct- 

 or, each blaming the other. At last they came to terms. It was 

 mutually agreed that it would not happen again till next time ; 



