25/29 The King also presented him with the Marine Cross of Spain and photographs of himself and Queen. Might not the erratic action of the dove have been an omen? At Barcelona, he gave an exhibition for the benefit of several families of fishermen who had been lost in a gale but a short time before. The fishing folk of Barcelona, as well as those of Northern France are unlike those in any other part of the world. They are peculiar in their costumes and characteristics and form a little world unto themselves. |