The interior is arranged in the following manner:--Around the arena, which is of truly Roman grandeur, runs a circular barrier of planks, six feet high, painted a bright red, and furnished on each side, at about two feet from the ground, with a wooden ledge, on which the _chulos_ and _banderilleros_ put one foot, in order to jump over to the other side when they are followed too closely by the bull. This barrier is called _las tablas_. It has four doors, for the entrance of the officials and the bulls, as well as for carrying off the bodies, &c. Beyond this barrier there is another, rather higher. The space between the two forms a kind of corridor, where the _chulos_ rest themselves when they are fatigued; it is likewise the station of the picador _sobresaliente_ (substitute), whose duty it is always to hold himself in readiness, fully dressed and equipped, in case the chief _picador_ should be killed or wounded; and also of the _cachetero_ and a few _aficionados_, who, by dint of perseverance, succeed, despite the rules, in smuggling themselves into this blest place, admittance into which is as much sought after in Spain as is the privilege of going behind the scenes of the opera at Paris. As it frequently happens that the bull, when exasperated, clears the first barrier, the second is surmounted by a network of ropes to prevent his leaping further; and a number of carpenters with axes and hammers are always at hand to repair any damage done to the enclosure, so that accidents are almost impossible. However, bulls _de muchas piernas_ (of much legs), as they are technically called, have been known to clear the second barrier. We have an instance of this in an engraving of the _Tauromaquia_ of Goya, the celebrated author of the "Caprices," representing the death of the alcade of Torrezon, who was miserably gored by one of these leaping gentry.