XXIV. ROSA

XXV. THE HAUNTED GARDEN

XXVI. HOW COBO STOOD ON HIS HEAD

XXVII. MORIN, THE FISHERMAN

XXVIII. THREE TRAVELERS COME HOME

XXIX. WHAT HAPPENED AT SUNDOWN

XXX. THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT




I

THE VALLEY OF DELIGHT


In all probability your first view of the valley of the Yumuri
will be from the Hermitage of Montserrate, for it is there that
the cocheros drive you. Up the winding road they take you, with
the bay at your back and the gorge at your right, to the crest of
a narrow ridge where the chapel stands. Once there, you overlook
the fairest sight in all Christendom--"the loveliest valley in the
world," as Humboldt called it--for the Yumuri nestles right at