ormed an acquaintance with the tenant of this mill,
who is known in the neighbourhood by the name of Don Antero. Two days
ago, taking me into a retired place, he asked me to my great astonishment
if I would sell him a thousand Testaments at the price at which I was
disposing of them to the peasantry, saying that if I would consent he
would pay me immediately; in fact he put his hand into his pocket, and
pulled it out filled with gold ounces. I asked him what was the reason
for his wish to make so considerable a purchase. Whereupon he informed
me that he had a relation in Toledo whom he wished to establish, and that
he was of opinion that he could do no better than take a shop there and
furnish it with Testaments. I told him that he must think of nothing of
the kind, as probably the books would be seized on the first attempt to
introduce them into Toledo, as the priests and canons were much averse to
their distribution. He was, however, not disconcerted, and said his
relation could travel, as I myself was doing, to dispose of them to the
peasants with profit to himself. I confess I was disposed at first to
accept his offer, but at length declined it, as I did not wish to expose
a poor man to the risk of losing money, goods, and perhaps liberty and
life. I was likewise averse to the books being offered to the peasantry
at an advanced price, being aware that they could not afford it; and the
books, by such an attempt would lose a considerable part of that
_prestijio_ (I know no English word to express my meaning) which they now
enjoy. Their cheapness strikes the minds of the people with wonder, and
they consider it almost as much in the light of a miracle as the Jews
[did the] manna which dropped from heaven at the time they were
famishing, or the spring which suddenly gushed from the flinty rock to
assuage their thirst in the wilderness.

The following is a list of the villages of the Sagra; or champaign
country of Toledo, already supplied with Testaments.

It will perhaps be expedient to print this list in the 'Extracts.'
Vargas Mocejon Villa Seca
Cobeja Villaluenga Yuncler.
In about a week I shall depart from hence and proceed to another
district, as it would not be prudent to make a long sojourn in any
particular district under existing circumstances. It is my intention to
cross the country to Aranjuez, and endeavour to supply with the Word the
vil