216 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



The following season I took my youngest 

 daughters through Spain. "We went by boat to 



Visiting Gibraltar, and then by train. We 



Spain wandered up the street to the hotel, 

 where we met Mrs. Featherstonehaugh, driving in 

 a little Victoria. She pulled up and said : 



" Who would have thought of seeing you here, 

 Mr. DarHng VI introduced the girls, and we were 

 at once made at home. Mrs. F. kindly introduced 

 them to partners for a fancy dress ball that night, 

 and they had a good time, Mrs. F., who is a 

 sportswoman, rode round the mountains with me 

 to point out the ground over which they hunted, 

 and it was rough and dangerous riding. After 

 inspecting the arenas where the bull-baiting is 

 held, and the Moors' market, which was very 

 interesting, we journeyed on to Grenada, where 

 I was taken seriously ill. I had a high tempera- 

 ture, which went down after a diet of goat's 

 milk and soda for three or four days. We 

 afterwards visited the mosques; the carving and 

 architecture of these places was perfectly grand. 

 I took a courier with me from Gibraltar to Madrid, 

 otherwise I fear I should not have got on, not 

 knowing a word of Spanish. We paid a visit to 

 the King's palace at Madrid, and saw the most 

 magnificent collection of armour I have ever seen, 

 in the armoury adjoining the palace. Adjoining 



