orth of Spain, and I have secured the
_friendly interest_ and co-operation of the booksellers of those parts,
particularly him, the most considerable of them all, Rey Romero of
Compostella. I have, moreover, by private sale disposed of one hundred
and sixteen Testaments to individuals entirely of the lower classes,
namely, muleteers, carmen, _contrabandistas_, etc.

My accounts will follow in a few days. Now may the Lord bless you, and
dispose you to pray for myself and all in this land of misery and sorrow.

G. B.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. Dec. 2, 1837)
MADRID, No. 16 CALLE ST. IAGO PISO 3RO.
_Novr._ 20, 1837.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--On the other side you have an account of the money
which I expended during my journey, and also of what I have laid out in
the Society's service since my return. In respect to my expenses, I wish
to state that most articles are very dear in Spain, especially in the
parts where I have travelled, and that I have been subjected to many
expenses which I have not specified in the account, for example the
gate-dues for the books, in every town where I have introduced them--the
printing of advertisements--and particularly farriers' bills, as the poor
horses were continually ailing from over-work, bad provender and falls
received amongst the mountains. In the account of Testaments sold you
will observe that I make no mention of by far the greater number, namely
those disposed of at Lugo, Saint James, etc., etc., as I have not yet
received the money from the booksellers. About a week since I received
advice from Leon that the forty copies which I had left there had been
all sold, and that the money was in readiness; I have despatched a fresh
supply of fifty to that important town, where last summer I nearly lost
my life in a burning fever. I am expecting every day a fresh order from
Salamanca, and hope that, as the circle widens in the lake into which a
stripling has cast a pebble, so will the circle of our usefulness
continue widening until it has embraced the whole vast region of Spain.

I have delayed writing for nearly a fortnight, as during that period I
have been looking out for a suitable shop in which to commence operations
in Madrid. I have just found one