CHAPTER IV.

ETHNOLOGY, LANGUAGE, AND POPULATION.

Pyrenees, no true boundary of 69 Population of Spain, mixed 70 Iberi, Kelt-Iberi, Basques, and Kelts _ib._ Foreign races in Spain 73 Visigoths, Arabs, and Moors 75 Toponymy of Spain 76 Language of Spanish Jews 77 Existing dialects _ib._ Statistics of the Spanish language 78 Characteristics of " " 79 Population of Spain 80 Density of _ib._ Occupations of 81 Manufacturing and mining Provinces 82 Clergy _ib._ Distribution of property, great changes in 83 Abolition of Mesta and of feudal privileges _ib._ Sale of Crown and Church property 84 Actual distribution _ib._ Characteristics of the various populations 85 Galicians, Asturians, Basques, and Aragonese 86 Catalans, Valencians, and Murcians 86, 87 Andalusians 87 Manchegans, and Castilians 89 Gipsies, Maragatos, Passiegos, Hurdes, Sayagos, &c. 90 Contrabandistas _ib._