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roused. In a few moments he brought another pic- 

 ador to the ground, and, carried on by his own im- 

 petus, passed over the body, but, with a violent ef- 

 fort, recovered himself, and turned short round upon 

 his prostrate prey, glared over him for a moment 

 with a low bellow, almost a howl, and, raising his 

 fore feet a little from the ground, so as to give full 

 force to the blow, thrust both horns into the stomach 

 of the fallen picador. Happily, the points were 

 sawed off ; and, furious at not being able to gore and 

 toss him, he got one horn under the picador's sash, 

 lifted him, and dashed him back violently upon the 

 ground. Accustomed as the spectators were to 

 scenes of this kind, there was a universal burst of 

 horror. Not a man moved to save him. It would, 

 perhaps, be unjust to brand them as cowards, for, 

 brutal and degrading as their tie was, they doubtless 

 had a feeling of companionship ; but, at all events, 

 not a man attempted to save him, and the bull, after 

 glaring over him, smelling and pawing him for a 

 moment, to all a moment of intense excitement, 

 turned away and left him. 



This man, too, was carried off. The sympathy 

 of the spectators had for a while kept them hushed ; 

 but, as soon as the man was out of sight, all their 

 pent-up feelings broke out in indignation against the 

 bull, and there was a universal cry, in which the 

 soft tones of women mingled with the hoarse voices 

 of the men, " Matalo ! mataloT "Kill him! kill 

 him !" The picadores stood aghast. Three of their 



