A tour through the Pyrenees . THE DEATH OF KOLAND. wool. Very likely the wives ran to meet them,blessing the good husband who had been the mostthouofhtful of the welfare of his little family, andbrought back the greatest quantity of artlessness in respect of theft still exists inCalabria. In Napoleons time, a prefect was scold-ing a well-to-do peasant who was behind-handwith his contributions; the peasant replied, withall the openness of an upright man: Faith, Chap. VI. THE INHABITANTS. 207 your Excellency, its not my fault. For fifteendays now have I taken my carabine every ev
A tour through the Pyrenees . THE DEATH OF KOLAND. wool. Very likely the wives ran to meet them,blessing the good husband who had been the mostthouofhtful of the welfare of his little family, andbrought back the greatest quantity of artlessness in respect of theft still exists inCalabria. In Napoleons time, a prefect was scold-ing a well-to-do peasant who was behind-handwith his contributions; the peasant replied, withall the openness of an upright man: Faith, Chap. VI. THE INHABITANTS. 207 your Excellency, its not my fault. For fifteendays now have I taken my carabine every evening,and have posted myself along the highway to. see if no one would pass. Never a man goesby; but I give you my word Ill go back there untilI fiave scraped together the ducats I owe you. Add to this custom of thievino- an extremebravery ! I believe the country is the cause ofone as well as the other; extreme poverty re-moves timidity as well as scruples; they areleeches on the body of others, but then they areequally prodigal of their own ; they can resist aswell as take an advantage ; if they willingly takeanothers goods, they guard their own yet morewillingly. Liberty has thriven here from theearliest times, crabbed and savage, home-born andtough like a stem of their own boxwood. Hearthe tone of the primitive charter: 2o8 THE VALLEY OF OSSAU. Book II. These are the tribunals of Beam, in whichmention is made of the fact that, in old times, inBeam they had no lord, and in those days theyheard the praises of a certain knight. Theysought him out, and made him their lord duringone year; and after that, he was unwilling to main-tain am
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