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70 TRAVELS IN EUROPE.may besupposed the cortége system reigns' Imre in aIl its absolùtenessof domination, for power seems its regulating principle.The Spanishlady seems to be strongly imbued with tbedisposition of a Rosalind.The young men of fortune of Seville frequently go to the SierraMorena, to hunt the wild boar and deer.Whatwill hardly be believedby ouro()!1l,S vi'Dans, or what must, ifthe business have Dot been alreadydone, be related to theùtterand everlasting condemnation of Spanisbbon go'Uf, the venison, though by no meansbad, is soM here at Dot morethan haif the priee of butcher's meat.Itinerary to MEIUDA. Merida isa placemuch talked of, yet Uttleknown. Ofcou'rse itiexdted a cùriosity toopowerfuI not to supersede ailarguments in favour of the ordinary andshorter route.Bidding àdieuthen to Seville, and proceeding northwards, thefirs·t ha'lt \Vas made ata ptJsada adjoining achapel, the wnole having the romantic·appearanceofa hermitage. Previously ta departur~, in making agreement forhireofcattle themoney '\Vas required to,be'deposited, and theapprehensionofrohbery assigned as the cause of the precaution ; ail ornimmsêom.meDce'men t to' the journey. The arriero, however, it was agreed Ul'on;a'Ba very fair principle of arrangement,was not to receive it untiI hisl"etum,bringmgwith hitn a note from his employers authorizing him410 do so. The polemical question of,tne Franciscans and DOIIÙnicans,wbieh so long'agitated t:ne Catliolic worln, is not yet put to rest, althoughdecided in Spain; for,a house is always hailed by the caU for the acknowledgementoftheimmaculate conception.of the Virgin herself, inthe following most empha'iicaBy pronounced words, "iJve, )Jaria sanctiflsima... p~ to which the rreply fromwithin is,"!Sui peccadoconceoida".JJProceedipg, the next place we arrived atwlls Xeres, fa·mous forli! Wh~rebyare obtailled no Jess tban twelve hundred and sixtYdays ofilldulgen,ce {rom the painsof purgatory. Thus the account is still kept clown.