was Put out to Nurse 
Spain. Here it was so cold, and the 
winds were so rough and keen, that it 
was all they could do to cross them ; 
but once on the other side, it became 
warmer and warmer every day. There 
were now none of the green fields and 
leafy hedges with big trees growing 
from them, such as they had known 
in England. The fields were bigger 
than any they had ever seen, and were 
divided by rows of prickly cactus and 
curious fleshy aloes, and the ground 
looked quite burnt up and scorched with 
the fiery heat of the sun. But there 
was plenty of insect food whenever they 
stopped for a rest, and so they took 
their time, keeping always to the south- 
wards until they reached the sea once 
more. 
It was quite narrow, however, and 
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