thick that they cannot find a way out of it for six days; and if the

man is not well filled or his alforjas well stored, there he may stay,

as very often he does, turned into a dried mummy."

"Thou art in the right of it, Sancho," said Don Quixote; "go where

thou wilt and eat all thou canst, for I have had enough, and only want

to give my mind its refreshment, as I shall by listening to this

"It is what we shall all do," said the canon; and then begged the

goatherd to begin the promised tale.