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not like. Then, overcome by fatigue, I lay down among
some straw and fell asleep.
‘It was noon when I awoke, and allured by the warmth
of the sun, which shone brightly on the white ground, I
determined to recommence my travels; and, depositing the
remains of the peasant’s breakfast in a wallet I found, I
proceeded across the fields for several hours, until at sunset
I arrived at a village. How miraculous did this appear! the
huts, the neater cottages, and stately houses engaged my
admiration by turns. The vegetables in the gardens, the
milk and cheese that I saw placed at the windows of some
of the cottages, allured my appetite. One of the best of
these I entered, but I had hardly placed my foot within the
door before the children shrieked, and one of the women
fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled, some
attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many
other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped to the open
country and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel, quite
bare, and making a wretched appearance after the palaces I
had beheld in the village. This hovel however, joined a
cottage of a neat and pleasant appearance, but after my late
dearly bought experience, I dared not enter it. My place of
refuge was constructed of wood, but so low that I could
with difficulty sit upright in it. No wood, however, was