He is as imaginative as Scheherazade and the merchants here are so busy that they always have time and inclination to listen to his long fairy tales." After each story the listeners dropped a small coin, valued at one- twentieth of a cent, into the story-teller's hat.
Another thing that amused Paul was the indiscriminate use the guides made of the stout sticks they carried, whacking the natives who got in their way in the narrow streets as mercilessly as they did the asses they drove.
The women were all heavily veiled, their faces jealously hidden from the eyes of men, except when some giddy girl with a taste for flirtation allowed her veil to slip down as if by accident, and one then, as a general thing, beheld a very pretty countenance.
Returning to Gibraltar, Boyton visited Cadiz, Seville, and the principal cities of Southern Spain, with extraordinary success, and was the recipient of continued ovations.

While giving exhibitions in those cities, he concluded to take a run on the Guadalquivir, from St.
Geronime to Seville.

It was an uneventful though pleasant trip.

His only adventure was that of being driven back into the water after going ashore to take observations, by one of the famous Andalusian fighting bulls that was feeding close by.

He completed the journey in three days--March 29, 30 and 31.
Madrid was again visited on the invitation of the King, and preparations began for a grand exhibition at Casa de Campo, the royal garden, which contains a beautiful little lake.