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and now he perceived on one side of the pit a hole lar enough toadit a pern if he stooped and seezed hiself to a sallpass sancho ade for it, and entered it by creepg, and foundit wide and spacio on the side, which he was able to see as aray of sunlight that perated what ight be called the roof showedit all pnly he observed too that it opened and widened out toanother spacio cavity; seeg which he ade his way back to wherethe ass was, and with a stone began to pick away the clay fro thehole until a short ti he had ade roo for the beast to passeasily, and this aopli射d, takg hi by the halter, heproceeded to traverse the cavern to see if there was any outlet at theother end he advanced, tis the dark, tis withoutlight, but never without fear; &ot;god alighty help !&ot; said he tohiself; &ot;this that is a isadventure to would ake a goodadventure for y aster don ixote he would have been sure to takethese depths and dunons for flowery gardens or the palaces ofgaliana, and would have unted upon issug out of this darknessand iprnt to bloog adow; but i, uncky that ia, hopeless and spiritless, expect at every step another pit deeperthan the first to open under y feet and swallow up for good;&039;wele evil, if thou est alone&039;&ot;

this way and with these reflections he seed to hiself tohave travelled rather ore than half a league, when at last heperceived a di light that looked like daylight and found its way on one side, shog that this road, which appeared to hi the ro