... Rising early on the following morning, we ascended the pass and enteredinto Old Castile.After crossing the mountains, the route to Salamanca lies almost entirely over sandy and arid plains,interspersed ... that she continued playing and singing during the greater part of the night, for as Ioccasionally awoke I could still hear her; and, even in my slumbers, the strings were ringing in my ears. ... One was examining his forefeet, another his hind; one fellowwas pulling at his tail with all his might, while another pinched the windpipe, for the purpose of discoveringwhether the animal was...