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C.

Caballero, Fernan. See Bohl, Catherine.

Cadiz, arrival at, ii. 158; astronomical facilities, ii. 163; bird's-eye view, ii. 162; cathedral, ii. 163; circus, 235; commercial decay, ii. 161; historical remains, ii. 161; houses, ii. 160; Murillo's last painting, ii. 163; revolutionary tendencies, ii. 160; streets, ii. 160; whiteness, ii. 158; women, ii. 164.

Cafés: Barcelona, 30; Madrid, 173; Miranda, 95.

Calahorra, battle of, 91.

Calderon de la Barca, Pedro, poet, 169; ii. 93.

Calderon, Francesco, the matador, 207; patronizes cock-fights, 249, 250.

Campana, Pedro, paintings by, at Seville, ii. 109.

Can-can at Madrid, 171.

Candan, political leader, 96.

Cano, Alonzo, character of, ii. 231; hatred of Jews, ii. 231; history of, ii. 230; paintings by, at Granada, ii. 230, ii. 235; at Madrid, 182, 193; at Seville, ii. 132.

Canovas del Castillo, political leader, 96.

Canovist party, 96.

Carbajal, Bernardino, paintings by, at Madrid, 182, 193.

Cardenas, paintings by, at Valladolid, 143.

Cardenio's penance, scene of, ii. 60.

Carducci, Vincenzo, paintings by, at Madrid, 182; at Valladolid, 143.

Carlists, 32, 33, 96, 194.

Carlos I., Don, tomb of, 266.

Carlos II., Don, tomb of, 266.

Carlos III., Don, tomb of, 266.

Carnival masqueraders at Barcelona, 22; at Saragossa, 65, 68.

Cartuja convent, Granada, ii. 245.

Castaños, Gen. Francisco Xavier, defeated at Tudela, 91.

Castelar, Emilio, as an orator, 279; as a political leader, 80, 96; eloquence, 276; friendship, 291; on Arragon, 50; personal popularity, 277; ruler of the Assembly, 279.

Castilian dialect, 39, 55; scenery, 124.

Castillego, ii. 55.

Castles: Almodovar, ii. 99; Hornachuelos, ii. 99; Monzon, 51; Pancorbo, 98; San Servando, ii. 41.

Catalan characteristics, 35; dialect, 15, 39; dress, 18; hospitality, 148; school-boys, 46.

Catalonia, description of, 18, 48.

Cathedrals: Barcelona, 24; Burgos, 104; Cadiz, ii. 163; Cordova, ii. 74; Granada, ii. 329; Our Lady of the Pillar, Saragossa, 60; San Salvador, Saragossa, 65; Seville, ii. 108; Toledo, ii. 23; Valencia, ii. 266; Valladolid, 136.

Cava, Los Baños de la, at Toledo, ii. 46.

Cayetano, the matador, 214, 240.

Cellini, Benvenuto, crucifix by, at the Escurial, 263.

Cemetery, Barcelona, 27.

Cervantes, Saavedra Miguel de, at Seville, ii. 103; house at Valladolid, 137; imprisoned at Argamasilla de Alba, ii. 58; naturalness of Don Quixote, ii. 57; on Barcelona, 42; popularity of, 286; statue at Madrid, 156; story of, 139.

Cervellon, Count di, entertains Amadeus at Valencia, ii. 262.

Cervera, 48.

Ceuta, ii. 168.

Cespedes, Pablo de, born at Cordova, ii. 90; paintings by, at Seville, ii. 132; quotation from, ii. 90.

Charlemagne and the Moor, ii. 43.

Charles I. (afterward Emperor Charles V. of Germany), altar at the Escurial, 272; anger at the destruction of mosque of Cordova, ii. 74; apartments at Aranjuez, ii. 13; a bull-fighter, 234; converts mosque of the Alhambra into a chapel, ii. 216; married in Alcazar of Seville, ii. 121; monumental gate at Burgos, 104; on the Spanish language, 160; palace in the Alhambra, ii. 192; relics of, 175, 176, ii. 112; statue at the Escurial, 262; tomb at the Escurial, 265, 267.

Charles II. encourages bull-fights, 234; portrait at the Escurial, 264.

Charles III. forbids bull-fights, 235; statue at Burgos, 102.

Charles IV.'s billiard-room in palace of Aranjuez, ii. 13; resigns the crown, ii. 11.

Chateaubriaud, François Auguste, Viscount de, writing in the Alhambra, ii. 216.

Chocolate, Spanish, 31.

Chorizos, 14, 162.

Christina abdicates the throne at Valencia, ii. 262; promenade, Seville, ii. 104.

Chulos, 214.

Churches: Nuestra Señora, Toledo, ii. 50; Our Lady of Atocha, Madrid, 166; San Geronimo, Granada, ii. 235; San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, ii. 36; Santiago, Saragossa, 74; St. Agnes, Burgos, 121.

Cid Campeador, the, and King Alfonso, 121; and the Jew, 120; at Valencia, ii. 266; birthplace, 120; coffer, 112; portrait of, 104; remains, 103; statue, 104; sword, 176; originator of bull-fights, 234.

Cigars and cigarettes, 118; vs. pipes, 132.

Cimbrios party, 96.

Claude, Lorraine, paintings by, at Madrid, 182.

Clot, 19.

Cock-fighting at Madrid, 248; arena, the, 249; audience, 250; disgusting spectacle, 256; gambling on, 252, 254.

Coello, Claudio, paintings by, at Madrid, 193; at the Escurial, 264.

Colantes as an orator, 276.

Collantes, Francisco, paintings by, at Madrid, 193.

College of San Gregorio, Valladolid, 135; Santa Cruz, Valladolid, 443.

Columbian library at Seville, ii. 118.

Columbus, Christopher, annotations in books in library of Seville, ii. 118; armor of, 175; portrait of, 178; mementoes of, ii. 103.

Columbus, Ferdinand, history of, ii. 115; library of, ii, 118; note on his father's annotations, ii. 118; tomb of, ii. 114.

Concerts at Madrid, 173.

Conde, Henry II. de Bourbon, prince de, sword of, 176.

Conservative party, 96.

Consuelo the beautiful, ii. 81.

Consul, seeking the protection of the, ii. 106.

Convents: Angels, Granada, ii. 235; Cartuja, Granada, ii. 235; of the Escurial, 268; Santo Domingo, Granada, ii. 235; San Pablo, Valladolid, 134.

Cook, Capt. James, cane of, 180.

Cookery, Spanish, 14, 160; ii. 223.

Cordova, arrival at, ii. 62; at night, ii. 80; cathedral, ii. 74; Consuelo the beautiful, ii. 81; departed glory, ii. 62; impressions of, ii. 67; mosque, ii. 68; patio, a, ii. 65; pearl of the Orient, ii. 66; preaching the Holy War, ii. 75; relics of the past, ii. 80; streets of, ii. 64.

Cordova, General de, at Saragossa, 84.

Corregio, Antonio Allegri da, painting by, at Madrid, 182.

Cortes, the, 274; deputies, 274; oratorical displays, 275.

Cortez, Hernando, portrait of, 178; sword of, 176.

Cosa, Juan de la, map by, at Madrid, 178.

Costumes of peasantry: Andalusian, ii. 100; Catalan, 18; Cordovan, ii. 58; Granadan, ii. 189; Madrid, 165; Saragossan, 56; Valencian, ii. 270.

Country houses, ii. 100.

Courts: Lions, Alhambra, ii. 201; Myrtles, Alhambra, ii. 194; Oranges, Seville, ii. 115.

Court-life under Amadeus, 198.

Courtesy inherent in the Spanish people, 53, 290.

Cuco the matador, 207; ii. 94.

Currency, Spanish, 118.

Custejon, 92.

Customs officials, 14, 95.

Cybele, fountain of, at Madrid, 166.