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SPANISH ETIQUBTTE.-ANDALUSIAN \VOMEN. 69or aug~t beyond a glance, has casually taken place, if the person havenot already been introduced to each other. A close attention to thisprinciple presents itself when three walk together ; in which case vigilantcare is taken that the person to be honoured is placed in the centre;next towhich, in point of dignity, comes the right. 'fhe wall has beenthe cause of: long and sometimes fatal contests. A dispute on this subjectrecently cost the admirai Moreno that life which the red-hot shotof Gibraltar could not reach. 'rhe military, and students at the universities,(those of them at which arms and sciences seem to clash together,)aval1ed themselves by joining issue on this important point.Serious qu'arrels ensued; but as neither party appeared to advancemuch towards its objectbywarfare, an appeal was at length made tothe throne. The auswetwas, thata daim ofsuch importancecoulduot beawarded to eithèr party, where each had such high pretensions:but hismajesty in the interim, and as the tountain of honour, decided,that hereafter its place should be in the middle cff the street.The Andalusian women are considered as the beauties of Spain. Likethe foregoing case"it is hard to decide, where aIl have such strong pretensions.Exceptto such as admire stature, as possessed by the Gracesof the northern latitudes, the description of the Spanish ladies is butarecapitulation of embellishinents. And their tastein dress also, thattaste which induces themtoretain theirnational costume in defiance ofimported frippery, sets their native elegance off to consummateadvantage.Thestature ofthe women i8 short, in ~ore proportion.than is elsewhereobservable ln Europe, to the men. This is stiJl more remarkablein Andâlusia;fto~ntheheight the male.sex there iattain. Forthis reasonthere are in the houses two sets of chairs, one for the women, anotherfor the men, proportionate.Their persons and earriage, dress andair, infinitely more than compensale for the defect, if such it be.It