The _chulos_ present a very nimble and natty appearance with their breeches of green, blue, or rose-coloured satin, their jacket ornamented with various patterns and flowers, their tight girdle, and their little _montera_ cocked knowingly on one ear. On their arm they carry a piece of cloth (_capa_), which they unroll and agitate before the bull's eyes for the purpose of exciting, dazzling, and deceiving him. They are all young men, well built, spare and slim, differing in this respect from the _picadores_, who are, in general, remarkable for their height and athletic proportions; the _picadores_ require strength, and the _chulos_ agility. The _banderilleros_ wear the same costume as the _chulos_. It is their especial duty to plant a kind of dart, tipped with an iron barb and ornamented with pieces of paper, in the bull's shoulder. These darts are called _banderillas_, and are employed to revive the animal's fury and lash him up to the pitch of exasperation necessary to make him present a fair aim to the sword of the _matador_. The _banderillero_ has to plant two _banderillas_ at a time; in order to do this, he must pass his two arms between the bull's horns, a delicate kind of operation, in performing which it might, perhaps, be rather dangerous for a person to be thinking of anything else. The _espada_ differs from the _banderilleros_ only by the fact of his having a richer and more highly ornamented costume, which is sometimes of purple silk, a colour particularly offensive to the bull. His weapons consist of a long sword, with a handle in the shape of a cross, and a piece of scarlet cloth stretched on a long stick; the technical term for this kind of waving shield, is _muleta_. The reader is, at present, acquainted with the theatre and the actors. I will now show the latter enacting their various parts. The _picadores_, escorted by the _chulos_, first go up and bow to the box of the _ayuntamiento_, whence the keys of the _toril_ are thrown out to them. These are picked up and delivered to the alguazil, who gives them to the groom of the ring, and then gallops off as hard as he can, pursued by the shouts and cries of the crowd; for the alguazils, as well as all the other representatives of justice, are not much more popular in Spain than the gendarmes and sergents-de-ville are in France. Meanwhile, the two _picadores_ take up their position to the left of the door of the _toril_, which is situated directly opposite the royal box, because the bull's entry is one of the most interesting parts of the fight. The _picadores_ are stationed at a very little distance from each other, with their backs to the _tablas_, firmly seated in their saddles, holding their lances couched, and valiantly prepared to receive the beast. The _chulos_ and _banderilleros_ station themselves at some distance off, or disperse themselves over the arena.