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144 TRAVELS IN EUROPE.for horses and cattle of bUl'then here, as we use oats.-It would bé' use~less to carry this subject iuto further discu~sion.LA MANVIIA lS a strong geological feature in the face of this extraordinarycoulltry. It is a humid argillaceous tract, and the soil tenacic)Usto an extreme. It appears to be the second levelinSpain, that ofCastille being the summit, to which it composes the next lodge, southwards,bounded in that direction by tbe Sierra Morena and Guadal­-quiver. The Guadiana, here in the vicinity of La Guardia and EIToboso,has been fain ta work his way under ground, through this seCOl1­dary level, which, hereabout, by the fun, or rather stagnation of thewaters, appears hardly to deviate from a horizontal plane.Here is formany miles together a chain of shallow lakes and subterranean communications,wrought, it is highly probable (for here are no visible ones),hy the effort of the waters. Otherwise silchan abundance of sprin~swould inundate the whole country, whel'eas these lakes nearly preservetheir level. They are byno means picturesqu~, are enveloped inthickets of high reeds, and aboundwith aquatic birds. They mustmake the vicinity very unwholesome.La 1\1:ancha, produces good wine,but which being kept in CUe1'DS acquîresthere a villanous twang; especially the red wine~ Oil is so kept :proofs how detrimental a bad system of internaI conveyance is to acommunity.Here are two staple articles of the soilspoiled for exportation.is more durable.The Manchegaw wine approaches to Burgundy in fiavour, butat excellence is attempted.However, it is at the convents alone that anyeffortThe indifference of the Spaniard as to bisown accommodation on this point, puts it out ofgeneral exertion ; and itis at these institutions only that there is either capital or disposition taapply to such things~ Leisure indeqd here i8 in abundance~but it 18otherwise employed. Wereit notfor theconvents, herewould hardly be