BULL-FIGHTS. 
221 
XV. 
They have slipp’d a noose around his feet, six horses are 
brought in, 
And away they drag Ilarpado w'ith a loud and joyful din. 
Now stoop thee, lady, from thy stand, and the ring of price 
bestow 
Upon Ganzul of Agalva, that hath laid Harpado low. 
“ The excessive fondness of the Spaniards for bull- 
fights is a remarkable feature in their manners, and 
is hostile to the feelings of other European nations, 
who are less familiar with such sights. The Spani- 
ards themselves regard this practice as the means of 
preserving energy of character, and of habituating 
them to strong emotions, which are only terrible to 
timid minds. In these sentiments the Spaniards are 
Hot singular ; for it may be recollected that an en- 
lightened legislator, the late Mr Windham, attempt- 
ed to defend on the same principles the equally cruel 
sport of bull-beating in England, when a proposal 
Was made for a legal enactment to suppress that bar- 
barous practice. But although bull-fighting was foi- 
inerly reckoned among the royal festivals in Spain, 
attempts have been made, if not entirely to abolish 
the entertainment, at least to diminish the number 
of the exhibitions. 
“ These bull-fights are attended with very consi- 
derable expense, but they are also profitable to the 
Undertakers ; for the spectators pay for admission as 
to any other spectacle, and the price of the best and 
most commodious seats is as high as a dollar. The 
profits which remain after defraying the expense of 
