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ponies and cattle we, of course, meet 

 frequently, according as the season regulates 

 the feeding-grounds. In summer they are 

 all high up, in winter all low down. But 

 winter at high elevations is not to be spoken 

 of lightly. I have tried it, but I don't want 

 to try again ; and, as a rule, those whose 

 duty obliges them to travel then, take good 

 care to go round by the lower roads which 

 follow the beds of the rivers. There snow 

 is rare, and does not lie long. 



'' As many of the Turks have considerable 

 wealth in horseflesh, it is not uncommon 

 to meet trains of twenty to thirty ponies 

 with good pack-saddles (not a bridle among 

 them) and rugs over their loeids, their 

 jingling bells reminding one of past days in 

 Andalusia. But here is no arnero ; the 

 rear is brought up by one or two Turks on 



