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And so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and Sancho followed hi partlyin a ravine, dead and half devoured by dogs and pecked by

jackdaws, a thened their suspicion that he who had fled was the owner of the

at it they heard a whistle like that of a shepherd

watching his flock, and suddenly on their left there appeared a great

nuoats and behind thee of them, a man advanced in years Don Quixote called

aloud to hied him to co what had brought them to that spot, seldooats, or of the wolves and other wild

beasts that roamed around Sancho in return bade hioatherd descended, and reaching the place where Don Quixote stood,

he said, "I ager you are looking at that hack mule that lies dead

in the hollow there, and, faith, it has been lying there now these six

months; tell me, have you come upon its master about here?"

"We have co except

a saddle-pad and a little valise that we found not far frooatherd, "but I would not lift it nor go near

it for fear of soed with theft, for the devil

is crafty, and things rise up under one's feet towhy or wherefore"

"That's exactly what I say," said Sancho; "I found it too, and I would

not go within a stone's throw of it; there I left it, and there it lies

just as it was, for I don't want a dog with a bell"

"Tell ood man," said Don Quixote, "do you knoho is the owner of

this property?"

"All I can tell you," said the goatherd, "is that about six o,

ues, perhaps,

away from this, a youth of well-bred appearance and manners, mounted on

that same mule which lies dead here, and with the same saddle-pad and

valise which you say you found and did not touch He asked us what part

of this sierra was the ed and retired; we told him that it was

whereare; and so in truth it is, for if you push on half a league

farther, perhaps you will not be able to find your way out; and I aed to come here, for there is no road or path

that leads to this spot I say, then, that on hearing our answer the

youth turned about and