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that these bull-fights were totally different from 

 those exhibited in Spain : those of Lima, indeed, 

 he could not bear to look at ; nor had he ever 

 met an Englishman who could be prevailed up« 

 on to visit the amphitheatre a second time. He 

 ridiculed the theory of the Chilian above men- 

 tioned ; though he acknowledged with shame that 

 these scenes, horrible as they were, had always 

 been encouraged by the Viceroys, and other Span- 

 ish rulers of the country. 



In the evening I went in company with a young 

 Spaniard to be introduced to a fine old nobleman, 

 the Marquis of Montemire, uncle of the Duke of 

 San Carlos, who was for some time in England as 

 minister from the Court of Madrid. He was 

 eighty years of age, and appeared much broken 

 down by the climate ; but still possessing in a re- 

 markable degree the cheerfulness of youth : in- 

 deed, his thoughts and the turn of his expressions 

 were so juvenile, that he wanted nothing but bo- 

 dily strength to take an active part in the bust- 

 ling scenes of the day. 



At the Marquis's we met a heavy-looking el- 

 derly priest, who put a thousand idle questions 



