[217a] In The Bible in Spain he says “the greater part,” in The Gypsies of Spain he says “the whole.”
[217b] The Gypsies of Spain, page 275.
[218a] The Gypsies of Spain, page 280.
[218b] Ibid.
[218c] Ibid., page 282.
[219a] On 25th December 1837.
[219b] It is strange that Borrow should insist that he had Sir George Villiers’ approval; for Sir George himself has clearly stated that he strongly opposed the opening of the Despacho.
[220] 15th January 1838.
[221a] Letter to Rev. A. Brandram, 30th March 1838.
[221b] In The Gypsies of Spain Borrow gives the number as 500 (page 281); but the Resolution, confirmed 20th March 1837, authorised the printing of 250 copies only. In all probability the figures given by Borrow are correct, as in a letter to Mr Brandram, dated 18th July 1839, he gives his unsold stock of books at Madrid as:—