, 1881-04-17

length OIL Tue Repuullc VI AI1NOTIus we 1uE
lowed it a long distance, and found it very
nonotonous. This river. however, is Joined
BY another Enibalire, descending likewise
from the high mountains which Separate
France from Andorra, and, minellns their
waters, they flow through the widening val
ley and across barreniielus.
We passed before Les Escalados, another
parish, where there are warm springs and a
mandatory of cloths. believe it was five
hours previously, but had 10 longer any
consciousness Of time OF Of distance !
would like to have lain down OH the grass
by the shore of the torrent, and yielded up
my life in dreaming Of our own beautiful
Republic, whose charms I had never appre-
ciatcd before.
Ks / indulscd in this dream, my compan-
ion, who was always i'll advance, uttered 4
cry of JOY. Great God! what had he seen?
On little hill at the foot Of Il high mount
ain there were forms Of houses. low and lat,
aud about fifteen iii number. This was
TIE CAPITAL OF -ANDOEl-A,
i'll MI its masnlticence. I spnrred my horse
to contemplate the beautiful spectacle. 4
few moments afterwards we made our ell
tree. Could it be possible to behold anything
the four or five streets Of this Capital? 1Iert:
We again belell the primitive architecture
Of the habitations W.. had seen on The rnl1te.
walls made Of the debris Of grant and ali
kind of stones; shapeless blocks fur door
silIs: and ali this. Black. ugly. and insirniti-
cant. Moreover. there was not in view !,
living soul,-all still was solitude
Vnt notsGs stoppeu peiore one OF tne
dreary dwellings, which appeared to be all
nn: Oh ne Steps OF uoof, "lthn ule oD-
scnrl1y ot me framing. sort Of Il giant ~,
out around the abdomen short hreecieS blue
sSK; "',ntG anu we espaueGS rv p on n,S ,eGt A
WIS ASTONISHING TO see a human being OF
sucn a1l imposing appearance come liolA ttc
nlsef;tule pace: 1ne&lected 70 STATE that lc
W., Was co!Illrea IKE t1'e o4'Sts % OF tue Kspuh1
!iuue ,riauyalsg, ~ y Atoeil9 gap ol iea}
VIZ WIN TUG polIss olpusNl luIWAPa ;tisd lol!ed
i!he 1ile lnp " All 1ohlG eo!uli1'. Aelll,'IhS
thls' nc S3lute4 US N Cataln!i. Ny coMpall-
le't1 anu ui1ters.9ou ~ ht.le oi tHts lAI-
ol 9ui uasIons. !i'e lianasGlale 1AhnoIIah
anu LIZ sHtae e9noue1to tie uoIseS Wtllln,
W 1olt'"!ns SUI, :iu t1tMusn tie sa!ne
door, to IT,; t!le CS' dWell,nE S Of NJ; Pcaro lthe
o'!iS H., oy necessity on ail tAese poor houses.
1ne lei'ast WHICH was eiieleet N an aa]n1n-
aiS 1ooti. w. "'ss pa.t"hen " III cotn1Itoll. lug
lts .,,I o. I., 'hin. ns uulp..!.uiii iu ~
sehi t, ioWnu ouIselses u1'1esl ato"mu laIse
.ttulG ~ s M't',ot eoset. teul" stanuns ~
fha El1lnItrtk Ch1In 9nI trf,ttt fin1*ttrlst
with ranriI ni, frinI ,n,,.ton anil rufiets
we're served: after Which The famIiy nartno;
Of weak Snanish winr Nv nil Of
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A lnE toonh-Ao'
an enormous crnet or green glass, furnished
Win long tuDe on TIE s1de, through WHICH
the ii4uor is Uttered. as it passes to the
mouth, ina slender strea!n; Each one in
turn approached anu raised the ''poureau -
above his w!de-open mouth, and tllell held
It while the.l!quor trlckled to the bottom Of
his throat. Strangers 70 the gymnastics OF
tile "poureal1,' we drank out of thick-.dged
glasses, rather than cXuose our Ignorance OF
riSk the probability Ut choking.
ualf an hour after, this summary repast,
Senior Pedro informed us that beds were pre-
pared. Accordingly w were conducted to
chamber over the stable, where. two catafal-
GUS seemed to nave been raised Oh TWO
benches placed parable! with each other.
boards were laid across for each of the beds,
which mounted ~ to such a prodisious
hight that they nearly touched tile ceiling.
requiring, OF course, painful escalade to
reach them.
1t may be imagined that and my conf
Ia!lloll !icscehueu from our catatalcos at the
first glinmrri1lS Ut dawn- All the posada
were atready up. AZ uie uoor-sltis 5llalty
Anuorr:la5 We're llarhesslng inelr mules, WIN
gestures OF colnp;tss4on, tney are a Rlhd-
hearted race, aad SLOW 10 anger. IhesbweTe
strong fellows, ont the plastic arr had not