. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. FORDING THE SHALLOWS. UR, FROM THE SPANISH BORDER STONE {page 253) To face page 226 THE VALLEY OF THE TER 227 Do not think, Senhor, he says, with a firm look, thatSpain is a dead country. She lives, and her future is bright. In this mans manner there is no touch of the South, notrace, even, of the refinement, too fine-drawn perhaps, of theFrenchman. He has no pose, and one enjoys a certain easein his company. What he says he means, and what hethinks he is apt to convey without finesse. There is an excell
. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. FORDING THE SHALLOWS. UR, FROM THE SPANISH BORDER STONE {page 253) To face page 226 THE VALLEY OF THE TER 227 Do not think, Senhor, he says, with a firm look, thatSpain is a dead country. She lives, and her future is bright. In this mans manner there is no touch of the South, notrace, even, of the refinement, too fine-drawn perhaps, of theFrenchman. He has no pose, and one enjoys a certain easein his company. What he says he means, and what hethinks he is apt to convey without finesse. There is an excellent Spanish inn at Ripoll, well placedon the banks of the Ter, and the proprietor is a worthyfellow and an honest man. He waits at the table himself,taking a personal interest in his guests, his napkin over hisshoulder; and he has a laugh and a story, but is withal agrave and solid man of firm character and dignity. Forlunch he gave us hors dceuvres, including some perfectlettuce of a quality almost unobtainable in England, soup,boiled meat, a dish of vegetables, sausages and fried potatoes,fresh trout from
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