Робінзон Крузо

           Wesentforhisguide,whotoldushewouldundertaketocarryusthesamewaywithnohazardfromthesnow,providedwewerearmedsufficientlytoprotectusfromwildbeasts; forhesaid,uponthesegreatsnowsitwasfrequentforsomewolvestoshowthemselvesatthefootofthemountains,beingmaderavenousforwantoffood,thegroundbeingcoveredwithsnow. Wetoldhimwewerewellenoughpreparedforsuchcreaturesastheywere,ifhewouldensureusfromakindoftwo-leggedwolves,which,weweretold,wewereinthemostdangerfrom,especiallyontheFrenchsideofthemountains. 

           Hesatisfiedustherewasnodangerofthatkindinthewaythatweweretogo; sowereadilyagreedtofollowhim,asdidalsotwelveothergentlemen,withtheirservants,someFrench,someSpanish,who,asIsaid,hadattemptedtogo,andwereobligedtocomebackagain. 

           Accordingly,weallsetoutfromPampeluna,withourguide,onthe15thofNovember; and,indeed,Iwassurprisedwhen,insteadofgoingforward,hecamedirectlybackwithusonthesameroadthatwecamefromMadrid,abovetwentymiles; whenbeingpassedtworivers,andcomeintotheplaincountry,wefoundourselvesinawarmclimateagain,wherethecountrywaspleasant,andnosnowtobeseen; butonasudden,turningtohisleft,heapproachedthemountainsanotherway; andthoughitistruethehillsandprecipiceslookeddreadful,yethemadesomanytours,suchmeanders,andledusbysuchwindingways,thatwewereinsensiblypassedtheheightofthemountainswithoutbeingmuchencumberedwiththesnow;