med Don Carlos there, and after sacking Cordova, he might have
captured Seville.

There are several booksellers' shops in Seville, in two of which I found
copies of the New Testament (our own 12mo edition of 1826); they had been
obtained from Gibraltar about two years since, during which time six
copies had been sold in one shop and four in the other. I have become
acquainted with an elderly person, a Genoese by birth, who, should we
succeed in bringing out an edition of the sacred volume at Madrid, may be
of service to us, as a colporteur in this place and the neighbourhood,
where he is well known. He has assured me of his willingness to
undertake the task, and, if required, to visit Cordova, Grenada, or any
part of Andalusia, town or country; he has been accustomed to
bookselling, and at one time he also brought some of our Testaments from
Gibraltar, all of which were however taken from him by the Custom House
officers with the exception of one copy, which he afterwards disposed of
to a lady for 30 _reals_ (6s. 6d.). Should the Bible Society be desirous
to circulate the book in the rural districts of Spain, they must be
prepared to make considerable sacrifices. In some of the towns,
especially the sea-ports, it is probable that many copies may be disposed
of, at a fair price; but can it be expected that amongst myriads, who are
in want of the common necessaries of life, who are without food, fuel or
clothing, and on whose wretched heads the horrors which civil war--and
such a civil war--have principally fallen, [men] can have money for
books? I am willing to visit every part of Spain, and to risk my life a
thousand times in laying God's Word before the people, but I can promise
no more. I have no extraordinary powers, indeed scarcely those allotted
to the average of humanity; God, it is true, can operate wonders by any
instrument, but we must bide His will.

I have had the good fortune to form the acquaintance of Mr. Wetherell, an
English gentleman, who has for many years been established in a very
important branch of business at Seville. He takes a warm interest in my
mission, and has frequently informed me that nothing will afford him
greater pleasure than to further the cause at this place and in the
neighbourhood; as he employs a vast number of individuals, I have little
doubt that he has the power, as he certainly has the will. He is a
virtuoso and possesses a singular collection of the ancient idols of