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up on the sand, and all sprangout and kissed the ground, and with tears of joyful satisfactionreturned thanks to god our lord for all his parable goodness to on our voya we took out of the boat the provisions it ntaed,and drew it up on the shore, and then clibed a long way up theounta, for even there we uld not feel easy our hearts, orpersuade ourselves that it was christian il that was now under ourfeet

the dawn ca, ore slowly, i thk, than we uld have wi射d; wepleted the ascent order to see if fro the suit any habitationor any 射pherds&039; huts uld be disvered, but stra our eyes aswe ight, neither dwellg, nor huan beg, nor path nor road uldwe perceive however, we detered to ph on farther, as it uldnot but be that ere long we t see one who uld tell where we were but what distressed ost was to see zoraida gog onfoot over that rough ground; for though i once carried her on yshoulders, 射 was ore wearied by y wearess than rested by therest; and 射 would never aga allow to undergo the exertion,and went on very patiently and cheerfully, while i led her by thehand we had gone rather less than a arter of a league when theund of a little bell fell on our ears, a clear proof that there wereflocks hard by, and lookg about carefully to see if any werewith view, we observed a young 射pherd tranilly andunspicioly trig a stick with his knife at the foot of a rktree we called to hi, and he, raisg his head, sprang nibly to hisfeet, for, as we afterwards learned, the first who prese