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WILD SPAIN. 



No wonder the noble brute rushes with magnificent fury to 

 the charge. 



What a spectacle is presented by the Plaza at this 

 moment! — one without parallel in the modern world. The 

 vast amphitheatre, crowded to the last seat in every row 



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A BULL-FIGHTER 



and tier, is held for some seconds in breathless suspense : 

 above, the glorious azure canopy of an Andalucian summer 

 sky : below, on the yellow arena, rushes forth the bull, 

 fresh from his distant prairie, amazed yet undaunted by 

 the unwonted sight and the bewildering blaze of colour 



