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74 TRAVELS IN lU1BOPB.triumphant church.No doubt seems to have existed as to the moralrigbt to do what we like with those whom the chances of war have' p~tin our power. What a happy sang froid mus.t he posse~ed by, whatedifying Jieflections must recul' to, those who viewed the procedure ofthair ~ardy work, or, rather, architectural taste!WJ'etdlcs swi.ngingby cords of three hundred feet in length, and at an elevation of fiftetlnhundred feet from HIe ground 1man.The arcbitectwas a bold enterprisin~Grandeur of conception, howeveJ',. is usually perceived toexpâllaaccording as the costs to he defrayed faU upon other~i!·~alt",it~aUfEimagim81' here! Neither money, nali.d@votio:n, nor miracle itself, couldhave: avalled t)}em ta carryit into executlon; but it has beeu, as wcsee, done.'fhe O€cupation of the hermitages is in succession, the youngesthermit taking the mûst remote and highest in situation~,that by thechapel of Our Lady on the nOTthern summit peak. AU ;the hepmit~ge~however, front to the south. rrhi~ebapelof;tOurLf4~Yt thÉ!}' high~stlntiIflling; on themountain, lIaS been :frequent)y stricken by lightning.The view, nortberJy, toc the Fyrenees is, really astonishing..But thew)lOle inte:pv:ening tract appears as Olle vast level. The mounta.iu is hereperpendicular.nfty feet below the summit.One of the cones, howeveF, projeats at sorne :forty orCuriosity is excited to view it by a traitof romance 1n a $.panish offiaer, which lately ocaurred.A lady's veil~ The entert,aimnent the hermits give to th41ir visitors consists of chocol,ate, iced \va,ter, &ngarrcakes, and preserved fruits. But the good Andalusian hermit, at the summit,. adds to the othe!'articles brandy, by no means unaœeptahle aftet' a sultry walk,. and in sueh. an elevlilted elimate~ .The fatigue of the aseent prevcnts his hospitality's being often put to the proof. Travellers gene-,raIly und their curiosity satisfied hy the ascent to the three fir.st hermitages, two of which adjointBu~ w\J.Q can charge them with exaggeratio~, o:r dQU;~ tl~l\t WJY thillg \\Ibich Ql:lghtto •.~ sean was,om.itte.d t. Snell is,. howev;er, the eharl'\ct~riM,in proc~ure of ~U4r:~~t Rfti~e§:~h_e under*name of travelling.