. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS {page 268). MULES {page 268) To face page 232 OVER THE COL DE TOSAS 233 scape one sees the peasant creeping behind his steers uponthe edge of a narrow field ; upon the road one meets theheavy carro rumbhng with pealing bells, behind its fivemules in a line ; the light tartane, with its tandem of breedyhorses travelling fast; the Guardia Civile, with their loadedmuskets and white linen hats; the flocks of bleating sheepwhite upon the mountain-sides, whose lofty summits areclean as
. Travels in the Pyrenees : including Andorra and the coast from Barcelona to Carcassonne. TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS {page 268). MULES {page 268) To face page 232 OVER THE COL DE TOSAS 233 scape one sees the peasant creeping behind his steers uponthe edge of a narrow field ; upon the road one meets theheavy carro rumbhng with pealing bells, behind its fivemules in a line ; the light tartane, with its tandem of breedyhorses travelling fast; the Guardia Civile, with their loadedmuskets and white linen hats; the flocks of bleating sheepwhite upon the mountain-sides, whose lofty summits areclean as the flanks of a new-clipped hunter. But this is a summer impression. The Cochero, who hasbeen on the road fifteen years, has another tale to tell. Inwinter, he says, the snow lies heavy on the Col. Often eventhen the weather is bright and warm, but there are tragicintervals when all is changed, and the very Devil himselfseems to lodge in the mountains, and in the tempests thatblow here with unrestricted fury. The diligence, true to itsname, plies through it all, except when absolutely stoppedby the driving snow. The Coch
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