3 I o Unexplored Spain 



Jose. " That is true ! Bring the guitar and I will see if it 

 will quit me of this tristeza I " 



Next morning the snow prevented our leaving ; and the day 

 after, while riding away, we met some of the villagers carrying 

 poor Carmen to the burial-ground on the mountain-side. The 

 body, plainly robed in white, was borne on an open bier, the 

 hands crossed and head supported on pillows, thus allowing the 

 lono- unfettered hair to hano; down loose below. It was an im- 

 pressive and a picturesque scene, and as I rode on, the rejoinder 

 of Dolores came to my mind, " Ya tiene su palma y su corona." 



