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59 'l'RAVELS IN EUROPE.ofher at right angles, and aIl is, uniform.to the eye and! scorching to the feet.,Of courseit is uninterestillgThe funeral of this noblemansupplied a:specimen ofScythianritua1.That much Scythüm blood has descended in thisPeninsula there isnodoubt. The pastoral migrators early extcnded themselves westward.Thus" Qui Mas~agetam 11l0nstras feritate parentemCornipedis-k fusa satiaris Concane venœ,"is the account given ofhiscountrymen by aSparüard (a similar custonlwe have on record nearer home in the same race); and the flatteningthe head,-a sure vestige of Japhetiandescent,-is nOW extant in thenorth of this Peninsula.Quitting this subject of the generalhistory of mankind for thepre-·sent, however, it is only necessary now to observe, that, whether théfancy ,was original· or imitativ'e, one not unworthyofthe funerakofOghuz· Kawn was:.adopted amongst the eeremoniesperformedatthat ofthis Spanish'nobleman.His six beautiful mulesdrew his hearse; theÎrveins were lanced at setting out, and the calculation was madewithsuch exactneS$ as tobring them precise!y in tim.e, irrigatingthe l'Oad asthey Pl'OCeeded with their bl~Od'! to faH deadby.exhaustion aL his,grave. His tomb is in the cathedral. The for.egoingcould certainlyhave been no part of any Christian ritual.Scythian funeral piles. wereswelled with victims in proportion to the rank of the deceased.The traveller has no cause of cornplaint on the suhject ofaccomma"';.dation at Barcelona. The hotels are kept by Italians. The exterior orsuperficies of this country promises a rich field for geology..'1< The Mdsai~ai veto ls pointed against this mQstancientcustoro.Tt isdifii...,