178 THE LAND'S END 



It is fun, pure and simple, and if you mix with them 

 and witness their gaiety and listen to their bantering 

 talk and happy laughter you will not discover the 

 faintest flicker of humour in it all, and if you have 

 witnessed the people of some French, Italian or 

 Spanish town amusing themselves in this fashion, the 

 Guize-dance will seem like a poor, rude imitation of 

 the carnival got up by children. 



