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CATALONrA;N' ACTIVITY AND INDUSTRY. 49~li1n1)iptetlof crimes', of course not a very numerous body under: 'Spanishpolice, are ..confined to the precincts of a fortress; and thus the 'sentenceof banishment is flilfilled, because, the intention of the law implies sucha place,-on the coast of Africa! The 10gic does not require to bescrutinized. As â fortress,be it where it'may, is still one; Montjuic issll:bstituted for Ceuta; and he who is exiledforth of the land, endureshis punishment at home. Delinquency, a garrison qualification,firstclings to the horns of the altar, and the churches are more numerously,and quite as respectably oeeupied in this way as the citadels.Here,Àowever, they appeared to constitute the most numerous part of thegarrïs9n, '\vhieh of course is very smaIl; and aIl this coneurs with whatisreported.of theunwholesomeness of the casemates wherein the troopsof differentdescriptions are lodged. Catalonian energy is viewed inits full seopeat. Barcelona. Active labour is not confined under it8roofs; housesand shops arc not sufficient.rrhe narrower streets canhardly be passed through for the laborions hands engaged in their respectiv~callings.One sees in them the true spirit, the keenness ofindustry; it is in this respecta perfect ant-hill.On holidays the samepeople are in innumerabJegroupes outside the gates,-to avoid the wineduty,drinking,-.dancing, singing, and displaying aIl the gaiety of theirdisposition. Buteven the blessing of fresh air seems to begrudged asQDetoogreat for a people comvicted ,of the political crime of havingsuffer:;;:d themselves '10 be conquered, or of having been brought to subn:1Ït.Atsun-setallmust hllrry inside the g;iteS., and no paysano (Catalonian),i» .conh:adistinction with Castellallo :(Spaniard~, ispermitted to,approach the ramparts, wbichare other.wise a publicwalk, after thattime.This is in ·somedegree garrisonlaw ; but the ab~ur(hty will beat"r.epeatedanimadversion, of pervcrting the regulations of a citadel to a,community, those adaptcd to a select body to a populationat large.11