Picadors, part of, in bull-fights, 99, 100: anxiety of, 101.

Plaza de Toros, Madrid, 94, et seq.

Plaza del Oriente, Madrid, palace of Philip V. in, 6.

Plaza Mayor, Madrid, present character of, 29; used as Christmas marketplace, 133.

Political science, small progress in, 82, 83-

Prado, appearance of the word in other languages, 20; scene of Verbena of St. John, 127-129.

Priesthood, respect shown to, 46; power of, 69,70, 77, 85; methods of, 296.

Prim, General, wife of, 17; signatures used by, 49.

Profanity, commonness of, 41, 195, 196.

Protestants, Spanish hatred of, 230, 231, growing toleration for, 272,