"What Is The Name Of This Village?" Said I To A Woman, As We Passed
By Five Or Six Ruinous Houses At The Bend Of The Bay, Ere We
Entered Upon The Peninsula Of Finisterra.
"This is no village," said the Gallegan, "this is no village, Sir
Cavalier, this is a city, this is Duyo."
So much for the glory of the world! These huts were all that the
roaring sea and the tooth of time had left of Duyo, the great city!
Onward now to Finisterra.
It was midday when we reached the village of Finisterra, consisting
of about one hundred houses, and built on the southern side of the
peninsula, just before it rises into the huge bluff head which is
called the Cape. We sought in vain for an inn or venta, where we
might stable our beast; at one moment we thought that we had found
one, and had even tied the animal to the manger. Upon our going
out, however, he was instantly untied and driven forth into the
street. The few people whom we saw appeared to gaze upon us in a
singular manner. We, however, took little notice of these
circumstances, and proceeded along the straggling street until we
found shelter in the house of a Castilian shopkeeper, whom some
chance had brought to this corner of Galicia, - this end of the
world. Our first care was to feed the animal, who now began to
exhibit considerable symptoms of fatigue. We then requested some
refreshment for ourselves; and in about an hour a tolerably savoury
fish, weighing about three pounds, and fresh from the bay, was
prepared for us by an old woman who appeared to officiate as
housekeeper.
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