edly than then unutterably demoralised by
the numerous but curious tourists who visit this rabble under police
protection, the very policeman or gendarme not despising a peseta for
his protective services. But Borrow's hobbies included the Romanies of
every land, and a year later he produced and published a gypsy version
of the Gospel of St. Luke.[119] In October 1836 Borrow was back in
England. He found that the Bible Society approved of him. In November of
the same year he left London for Cadiz on his second visit to Spain. The
journey is described in _The Bible in Spain_;[120] but here, from my
Borrow Papers, is a kind letter that Mr. Brandram wrote to Borrow's
mother on the occasion:

[Illustration: PORTION OF A LETTER FROM GEORGE BORROW TO THE REV. SAMUEL
BRANDRAM.]

NO. 10 EAST STREET, _Jany. 11, 1837._

MY DEAR MADAM,--I have the joyful news to send you that your
son has again safely arrived at Madrid. His journey we were
aware was exceedingly perilous, more perilous than we should
have allowed him to take had we sooner known the extent of the
danger. He begs me to write, intending to write to you himself
without delay. He has suffered from the intense cold, but
nothing beyond inconvenience. Accept my congratulations, and my
best wishes that your dear son may be preserved to be your
comfort in declining years--and may the God of all consolation
himself deign to comfort your heart by the truths of that holy
volume your son is endeavouring, in connection with our
Society, to spread abroad.--Believe me, dear Madam, yours
faithfully,

A. BRANDRAM.
Mrs. Borrow, Norwich.

A brilliant letter from Seville followed soon after, and then he went on
to Madrid, not without many adventures. 'The cold nearly killed me,' he
said. 'I swallowed nearly two bottles of brandy; it affected me no more
than warm water.' This to kindly Mr. Brandram, who clearly had no
teetotaller proclivities, for the letter, as he said, 'filled his heart
with joy and gladness.' Meanwhile those five thousand copies of the New
Testament were a-printing, Borrow superintending the work with the
assistance of a new friend, Dr. Usoz. 'As soon as the book is printed
and issued,' he tells Mr. Brandram, 'I will ride forth from Madrid into
the wildest parts of Spain, ...' and so, after some correspondence with
the Society which is quite entertai