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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



were not guilty of the same horrible scenes of 

 carnage; there were no tearing, mangling, 

 or killing of bulls, no horses trailing their 

 entrails after them, or wounded or dying 

 matadores, which gave such exquisite delight 

 in Mexico and Madrid ; but as far as their 

 courage or intentions went, they were equally 

 contemptible, and we left the valley with less 

 pleasure than we entered it. Our ride back 

 through this beautiful country restored us 

 however to good humour, and I am con- 

 vinced would, to nine-tenths of the inhabit- 

 ants of our little isle, be far more gratifying 

 than the sight of all the mangled carcases of 

 men, horses, and bulls, that have delighted 

 the Spaniards since the time of the Moors. 



