A tour through the Pyrenees . n it. Balls are given inthe clubs ; the English abound, and it is well knownthat in the matter of cookery, of beds and inns,these people are the first reformers in the universe. They would have done well in reforming thevehicles : the rickety little diligences of thecountry are drawn by gaunt jades which descendtlie hills on a walk, and make stops in the encouragements of the whip are thrown awayon their backs; you could not bear them anygrudge on that account, so piteous is their appear-ance, with their ridgy backbones, hanging cars,and shrunken bellie
A tour through the Pyrenees . n it. Balls are given inthe clubs ; the English abound, and it is well knownthat in the matter of cookery, of beds and inns,these people are the first reformers in the universe. They would have done well in reforming thevehicles : the rickety little diligences of thecountry are drawn by gaunt jades which descendtlie hills on a walk, and make stops in the encouragements of the whip are thrown awayon their backs; you could not bear them anygrudge on that account, so piteous is their appear-ance, with their ridgy backbones, hanging cars,and shrunken bellies. The coachman rises on his Chap. II. PAU. 1^3 seat, pulls the reins, waves his arms, bawls andstorms, clambers down and up again ; his is a rudecalling, but he has a soul like his calling. Hispassengers are of small consequence to him; hetreats them as useful packages, a necessarycounterpoise over which he has rights. At thefoot of a mountain, the machine got its wheel into aditch and tilted over; every one leaped out after. the manner of Panurges sheep. He went runningfrom one to another to get them back, especiallyexhorting the peOple from the imperiale, and point-ing out to them the danger to the vehicle, which wasleaning back, and so needed ballast in front. Theyhowever remained cool, and went on afoot, while he followed grumbling and abusing their 114 THE VALLE Y OF OSS A U. -Book II. VI. The harvests, pale in the north, here wave witha reflex of reddish gold. A warmer sun makesthe vigorous verdure shine more richly; the stalksof maize spring from the earth like discharges ofrockets, and their strong, wrinkled leaves fall overin plumes; such burning rays are needed to urge thesap through those gross fibres and gild the massyspike. Toward Gan, the hills, over which undulatesthe road, draw nearer together, and )ou travel on
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