TheyCometotheDryTreePresentlyastheyrodetheyhadbeforethemoneofthegreatestofthoseland-waves,andtheyclimbeditslowly,goingafootandleadingtheirhorses;butwhentheywerebutalittlewayfromthebrowtheysaw,overagapthereof,something,asitwerehugehornsrisingupintotheairbeyondthecrestoftheridge。
Sotheymarvelled,anddrewtheirswords,andheldthemstillawhile,misdoubtingifthiswereperchancesometerriblemonsterofthewaste;
butwhereasthethingmovednotatall,theypluckedupheartandfaredon。
Socametheytothebrowandlookedoveritintoavalley,aboutwhichonallsideswenttheridge,savewhereitwasbrokendownintoanarrowpassonthefurtherside,sothatthesaidvalleywasliketooneofthosetheatresoftheancientRomanFolk,whereofaresometobeseenincertainlands。
Neitherdidthosedesertbencheslacktheirsitters;