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Sf £ p * di It the North are few , and th ^ se nattirfe UH inppW tffifi a pflerStts ^ tlftdst tmspStiil l Mad . Wfi ^ fij tfiiflfife < ritf * oHMtafis ; Who " iit by the fire sirde , " t&K &f ^ uffiii dff ^ iM ist jJWvWibtiS , let ihW ' rfiftfitifot ffi ^ ib e »§ M& live on thte produce bf the territory tfeeV obdiip ^ : ilfl forei gn itlkiliarjr trdd {> s in such a country dre iti th £ pfepSf $ rfivSdferS , sitid not knowing thfe topdgraphical difficUltiet f& # ti £ f % tB efi 66 uttter , C&ritiot ptirsufc the iefiemy into their mountain fjWthesSeg without iricurring an imriiirietit rtefc of bfeiiri i bdt tifl& THI kfHiJr tif the Queeii is numerous &nd wight be pdivitflfl ^ btit 6 ^ ery officer t « rho h ^ s been in the ^ etvifees knows thai ; lift id thfenis ^ lves , they will march from one uart of thfe febtltiitv t 6
kkotWftr , rind achieve iiothitig . It wtiuld dppear as if tH ^ bktftp 8 f alind ^ Hvery Spanish General were littlfe bettei * thdfi a hotbed df rivalry arid ihtHgue ; hence the trbop 6 wdtit fiiiitfitifiiS ^ Milrgy , dhd month after month ia permitted id elapse tHtHpiit dny military inofemeht of ithportandfe being Utiddttaken . ^ Tfijb iMitrjr df the Christinos i ^ reraatkable . The dight of iBfe
m € mf jtself scarcely rouses them to action . After the LSgidh ! ida } % ft Bilbad the Catlists were allowed to comS ddwfri titf&i the Begbgna heights , and throw iip th ^ ir batteries withtftijt Wf ifltitrdptidii being differed to thfem . Again , iidtiirithsMridli& the nfiblfe atid botnthktiditifc position bf thfe Caitle of Sail SfeMitiifi ^ Snd ihe adbiirablfe fbnificatibhs of the tbw h , ih # # i ^ ttf the
^ erfaiitiBd fehctbach even upon g la 6 is , atid throw tip k ^ tiii of formidable and Extensive ehtrenchtnents within otMfcfitit faiigfe of its wallg . The Christino Grfen ^ tialb sfe ^ in tt > ttl ^ y kfc Bid e and seek with the Carlist Chifeft;—the > lilfe flghtibg & la distancey that is , wheii thfe ferlfemy is dht df &JgHt and they are out of gun-shot range . Hence , if one df tnlsfe
generals be apprised by spies that a large Carlist force is pas * sing up one ravine , it is more than probable that he will turn Off M % ri ght angle ; tod inarch his meii dctoii thte iifcifc r&WHfe . 1 ^ bd w ^ er , ati afctibh be inevitable , 4 jfel some scofU bt BiJHdreds of prisoners are taken oh each side , a Hag of truce will a few days afterwards be sent in from one or other of the hostile
eampa , and a mutual exchange of prisoners take place , tfhieh | fe * in Ml ^ tices thfe strength bf the cdiiteilding WrtieS ; TBe Ddirafago d ^ ferfee , it may be observed , applies only to foreign auxiliaries taken with arms fighting against Don Carlos , du of whom are unsparingly condemned to be shot . It has , however , this natural effect , that it induces the men when in
action to fight more desperately . The excitement of a civil war calls forth , it is notorious , the darkest and most hideous passions of which human nature is susceptible . In a savage and vindictive spirit both the Christino and Carlist troops are in the habit of mangling the dead , and maiming the bodies of the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/11/
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