168 Unexplored Spain 
the drop; the opposite side, however (probably 2000 feet high), 
lay spread out as it were a perpendicular map. From leagues 
away beyond its apex the beaters were now approaching, From 
early in the day great fleecy cloud-masses had rolled by, and these 
PICKING HIS WAY UP A ROCK STAIRCASE 
(A 40-inch head.) 
gradually grew denser till the whole sierra was enveloped in 
viewless foo. Hark! some animal is escalading my fortress; one 
cannot see fifteen yards—tantalizing indeed. Yet so well has the 
puesto been chosen that presently the intruder gallops almost over 
my toes—a yearling pig or lechon, not worth a bullet. 
