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7r;2 TRAVELS IN EnROPE.front or on the western side of the convent; a~~lb1meJiately,~!~::;thrs.begins the ascentto the hermitages.On this'ascent are sixl1l.lnd:redand sixty steps, not successively but often)a~.cortsideJtal?lei!i\t~J(va;l$,afew, and more or less together, to ascend'tô.thehigherlêvherrnitages. But the elevation of thehighest consider$.blyexc 18scale of computation, the height ofeachstepJ)e;ing.)rat~datThree ascents present themselves'fI10nl;the Co]t)~",~~ntaIl abounding in the pl(~ture!,q.Ul';;)é:1bJ)JVJ~;I~i~!of c1imate it may l'cadilyTbenumberof knownplaJaits,scrutiny has probablynotbe('}tlverymil)ute.The rnountain lies in twobishoprics.are in its southern part are in thatnamely, those of Saints Jerollymo,and J arnes; and those ofthenorththony, Salvador, Benito, Anna,]!)'Holy Cross, Vitoria, and the Holybishopric of Vic.The acccss to thcse, which hegins rFHmi,'t1by stcps, and steep ascents, rl;l:gged,propped \lI; bycros1I. timbers*.and connects, in its course, allAîivehunàrêd,but theBythe usua1 sagacity of tbe animal, perforrns bis )V~e~lythe gond üühers with theil' respective p]l~tancles,contains bread, salt, oil, vinegar, wine, and S(()Cf~~IJLBIlhermitageswhich-K Those who set out to view the hermitages usually start atback to the convent about three in the afternoon, having lu.",.",,"halts at the hermitages, for ten hours or upwards. Thé ci):c1.1-i~·