A SPANISH GIRL SUBDUING A BILL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 7, 29 April 1876, Page 4

A SPANISH GIRL SUBDUING A BILL.

A Cadiz letter says r—" Notice had been postal on alt the |>otl»lL£«r p tact' 3, that on a certain day th-? called 'Bl Mot**' wottid be introduced into the arena, and that, when fee short M have been graded to the utmost fc'ttry, a yotmggirl would appear and reduce the animal to rjmet subjection. The of C«fltz had heard of El lis the most magnitieent butt ever brought into the city, and ft soon became known that thegirt thns advertised was a peasant girl of Espara, who had petted the bull and "fed it, and cared* for it during the yeartk of ita growth. On the appointed dayjihe vast amphitheatre was filled with* aa uoiote, eager crowd. The bulla had been killed and dragged away, and then the Hottrah of trumpets announced the coming of the hero of the day. With a deep terrific roar El Moro entered upon the scene.* .lie was truly magnificent, a bovine monarch, black and with eyes of fire, dilating nostrils, and wickedlooldang. horm. The pccadorest attacked him warily, hurled their banderillos (small datt-ltke javelins, ornamented frith ribbenac and intended to jade and infuriate). Hie Dull had killed three horses otF-liatid, and -had received eight banderillos in his neck and shoulders, when, wjft>n a given signal, the picadores and matadores suddenly withdrew, leaving the infuriated beast alone in his wild jrmiroxysm of wrath. Presently a soft fmuncal note, like the piping of a lark, was heard, and direct ly afterwards a girl not more than fifteen years of age, with a tasteful garb of an Andalnsiao peasant, and with a pretty fipje,' sprang 'lightly into the arena, apjtfettchmsi'ih© ball Jjsarfessly, at the same time calling his name : ' Moro I Moro ! iravoy'r.'' At the titai sound of the sweet votes '•the animal "ceased his fury and taunted towards the place whence it came, and when he saw the girl he plainly manifested pleasure. She came to his head and prtt'fertlt her hand, which he licked with histiflague. Then site sang _a low, swetft'song, at the same tune caressing the hy patting him oti the forehead, and while she sang, the suffering monarch kneeled ait' her feet. Then site stooped an&gentty removed the crttel banderill*>st, after which, with her anus arotttul E! MoroVneck, she led him towards the gate of the torril."