P A R T II.
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*TJ TH E lo v e apples mentioned in this letter, 'which efcaped the rapacious tooth
o f the lo cu ft, were o f the fecond fpecies, as defcribed b y M ille r , called by
the Spaniards Tomates, commonly cu ltivated for foups, and ufed in many fauces,
g iv in g them a v e ry agreeable and pleafing flavour. T h ejolanum lycqperficon o f
Linnseus.
L E T T E R vin.
"No E n g lifh b u ilt thip o f more than 1 50 tun burthen can g o up to Se v ille .
Several E n g lilh veffels g o there ev e ry year to load oranges. Some g o out fu lly
loaded with E n g lilh manufaftures, others are chartered b y the fruit companies in
L on d on , and fail in h a lla ft, or take any goods tha t are ready, without waitin
g fo r a cargo. T h e y m o ll commonly come to an anchor at L a Puebla, a few
lea gues below S e v ille , and the fruit is len t down to them in b o a ts ; others g o no
higher than the R ed C liff, and fome ihips load fruit at San L u c a r de Barrameda,
.at the mouth o f the Guada lquivir where there is a dangerous bar, and no Ihips
-can enter without a p ilo t, fome Ihips are loaded with Se v ille o il for the London
m ark e t, which fells from / 30. to £ 40. llc r lin g per tun o f 236 E n g lilh gallons.
T h e ifland o f Majorca alfo fumilhes about 7000 p ipes o f o il annually.
Mr. Guthrie, in his new edition o f modern geo graphy for 1780, fays, that Sev ille,
n e x t to Madrid, is the la rge lt c ity in Spain, which'is ju f t the reveries Sev ille is
la rger .than Madrid, and this la lt is not a city but only a town, where the'royal
fam ily prin cip ally refide.
In the cathedral o f Sev ille .there are faid to be ninety painted windows that co ll
a 000 ducats each ( a b o u t / 125. iterling-each) v a lu in g the ducat at eleven reals
v e llo n . T h e firll pearls brought from Am e r ica were prefented to this cathedral,
And ferve to adorn a com p le te le t -of rich veftments.
L E T T E R
In the fn u ff manufacture about 12000 people are faid to be employed at liv e
reals ve llon per day. T h e y im p o r t , tobacco from E n g lan d and w o rk it up with
their own, co louring it w ith red earth ca lled almagre, as has been already deicribed.
T h e ir own tobacco colts them five reals ve llon per pound, and is fo ld in fn u ff at
32 reals v ellon, b y which the k in g Is faid to clear annually about 600,000 dollars.
G rea t n um b e r s .o f bultards frequent the banks o f .the riv er o f S e v ille , the
Spaniards call them abutardas. P lin y fays the Spaniards called them aves tarda,
from whence it is conjeftured that the Spanilh appellation was their original name,
which was giv en them on account o f their flow pace and v e ry heavy fly ing , bein
g la rge birds'; in Scotland they ca ll them gujetards.
In the fpring, they catch great quantities o f a filh near S e v ille , called Javalo.
T h e favil, which at that feafon is reckoned delicate, however the Spaniards think
them a moift and cold' food, as they have a proverb concerning them, Si no te
quieres cafar, comefavalopor.Jan ju an ; “ I f yo u do not choofe to marry, eat fav il at
midfummer.” ,
L E T T E R IX .
Old'writers are obfcure in ijpeaking o f the river T in tb .' Covarrubias, in his
Teforo, fays, it is alfo called river Azeche, fign ify ing b ljick earth found on its banks,
which ferves to make ink, and is called Tierra de S ev illa ; R o d r ig o C a ro, who
wrote the antiquities o f Andalufia fays, a g rea t deal o f azige grows on its banks,
“ Cria/e en fu s 'oriltas mucho azige."
L E T T E R X I I I .
Spaniih horfes have ever been admired for their beauty and a g ility . T h e
horfe we ca ll a Gennet owes that denomination to the Spaniih fchool o f horfe-
manihip, where the rider, mounted in the Mobrilh it ile , with iho rt ftirrups and a
h igh faddle, is faid to ride a la gineta. T h e word Ginete is applied to the cavalier
and means a horfeman. T hus in the cap tiv e’s, tale in Don Q u ix o te , et Apenas
u v o dicho e ilo el Chriftiano cautivo quando el ginete ie arrojo del ca v allo y
v in o a abrafar e l m o zo .” W i th thefe fwift horfes and accoutred a la gineta, the
'Spaniard encounters the b u l l. See the fo llow in g books :
Difcurfos para cffar a la gineta con gracia y hermofura p or D on Juan Arias de
A v ila . Madrid, 1590. 8vo.
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