on mere suspicion, or charged with an alleged breach of some police or even railway regulation; for it must be remembered that a station-master has nearly the same power as a policeman in taking a person into custody.  “No one shall be put in prison,” says the Portuguese code, “except under special circumstances”; but when the exceptions are considered, they are found to cover nearly every abuse of authority on the part of the pettiest official which can be conceived.  Hence, all persons are obliged to submit to gross injustice and to a certain amount of blackmail if they wish to avoid the noisome experiences of a Portuguese gaol.

The Portuguese must be undoubtedly “of a docile and orderly disposition,” as Napier says, or the crying injustices to which they submit with such patience would lead them to revolt; and if this were to happen, who could attempt to predict what excesses would be left uncommitted by a violent southron mob whose passions had been roused to such a pitch of activity?  Perhaps paciencia and amanha have their utility, and enable the people to bear the ills they have.  They can even joke and caricature themselves, and though the comic journals are neither brilliant nor artistic, they show, at least, that a sense of humour is still left in our Lusitanian friends.

INDEX

    Academies, 238, 243

    Actors, 242

    Agriculture, 167 et seq.

    Alfonso XII., 28, 104, 144, 268, 273

    Alfonso XIII., 98, 272

    Amadeo, King, 143

    American War, 192 et seq.

    Amusements, 111 et seq.

    Andaluces, 33

    Andalucia, 33

    Apostolic party, 9

    Aragon, 29

    Army, 183 et seq.

    Art, 236 et seq.

    Artillery, 187

    Artistic furniture, 176

    Arts and crafts, 175, 176

    Asturian nurses, 27

    Asturias, 26

    Asturias, Princess of, 103, 219

    Austrian kings, 15, 21, 22

    Autos-da-fe, 18, 200, 201

    Bank of Spain, 265

    Barcelona, 266

    Basque Provinces, 26, 27, 188

    Basques, 28

    Beggars, 226

    Berwick y Alva, Duke of, 184

    Bilbao, 11, 161, 177, 178, 266

    Boletin de la Camara de Comercio, 163, 265

    Bueyes, 28

    Bull-fighters, 126 et seq.

    Bulls, 95 et seq.

    Bureaucracy, 148, 156

    Cabestros, 95

    Caciqueism, 145, 148 et seq.

    Caesars, Spanish, 11, 12

    Camarilla, 6

    Campoamor, 61

    Canovas del Castillo, 136

    Capital, 174, 175