Passion plays, 209, 212 Pavía, 140 _Pavo, pelando el_, 230 Peasants, 24 _et seq._ Pelayo, 61 _Pelota_, 31, 111 People, 38 _et seq._ Philip II., 16, 202, 271 Pigs, 166, 167 Poetry, 114, 268 Politeness, national, 39, 40, 51, 52 Political parties, 7, 134 _et seq._ Politicians, 50, 135 _Pollos_ and _pollas_, 88, 89 Ports and harbours, 178 Pottery, 175, 176 Poverty, 226 Press, 129 _et seq._ Priesthood, 199, 218 Prim, 142-144 Procrastination, 52 Productive land, 172 _Pronunciamientos_, 144, 145, 147, 186 Protestants, 216 Pyrenees, 25, 30 Queen Cristina, 97, 98, 103 Queen Mercédes, 97, 106 _Quemadero_, 20, 201 Quijote, Don, 48 Quixotic characteristics, 48 Race, 24 Railways, 157 _et seq._ Regent, 9, 98, 145 Religion, 37, 109, 198 _et seq._ Republic, 139, 141 Restoration, 144 Revolution, 10, 262 Rice, 161 Riding, 89 Roads, 180 Roman Spain, 11, 12 Romero Robledo, 136, 137 Sagasta, 151 _Sala_, 33 Salic Law, 8, 9 Schools, 159, 160 _Seises, los_, 208, 209 Sericulture, 164 Serrano, 105 Sheep, merino, 32, 166 Shipping, 178 Silk manufactures, 16, 164 Silvela, 151 Smoking, 36, 60 Society, 55 _et seq._ Songs, 33, 81, 82, 114, 238 Songs and dancing, 114 Spanish-American War, I, 192 _et seq._ Sugar industry, 168 Superstitions popular, 102, 205, 233 Teatro Real, 62 Telegraphic system, 181 Terror of 1824, 22 _Tertulia_, 56 _et seq._ Theatres, 62, 116 Tobacco, 177 Toledo, 15 Toothpicks, 63 _Toreros_, 121 _Tribunal de las Aguas_, 34 Universities, 159 _Usted, de_, 98 Valencia, 34 Valera, Juan, 61 _Velo_, 79 Verse-making, 257 Virgin, 37, 203 War of Independence, 45 _et seq._ War, Spanish-American, 1, 192 _et seq._ Wars, Carlist, 9 Water, want of, 169 Wellington, Duke of, 26 Weyler, General, 186 Wines, 162 _et seq._ Women, 53, 62, 229 _et seq._, 249 Wood-carving, 176 Woollen manufactures, 164 Working men, 21, 83, 241, 261 _Zarzuela_, 116 Zorilla, 122, 252 _Zortico zorisco_, 115 PORTUGUESE LIFE Agriculture, 301, 302 Aloes, 301 _Amanhã_, 280 Amusements, 296, 302 Army, 298 Artisan class, 292 _Bacalhao_, 294 Bargaining, love of, 287 Brazilian elements, 287-291 Bull-fighting, 307 _et seq._ Camoens, 281 Characteristics, 278 _et seq._, 284, 285 Charities, 296 _Chula_, 296 Cleanliness, 289 Coimbra, 283 Costumes, 285, 300 Customs, 285 Dances, 296 Decorations and forms of address, 289 Fish, 294 Fish-girls, 293 Funerals, 306 Gallegos, 292 Gallenga, 293 Government, local, 310