It is true we were at the back part of the Circus.
"Hoe came to meet us, however, at the gates, and when asked about the audience very coolly announced, to our amazement, that they were _full_.

Without any delay, therefore, I mounted the platform, and the sight that met me certainly was sufficiently surprising to be actually bewildering.

They say the place seated 3,500; it appeared to be full.

It was a simple circle, with a ring set in the centre.

At one end was a little platform seating myself and my Staff, opposite me was the entrance for the horses, which was packed by the crowd, while the remaining space, on circle upon circle, tier upon tier, the audience was to be seen.