ILLUSTRATIONS.

p. vii

BY

I.

AQUELARRE.

"The one would press between its fleshless knees the skeleton of a mammoth of huge proportions; the other rode a monstrous owl."

[FRONTISPIECE

II.

ROLDAN'S BUGLE-HORN.

"His shadow nevertheless wanders about these solitary places armed to the teeth."

[FACING P. 125

III.

THE VIRGIN OF THE FIVE TOWNS.

"The vision approached nearer and nearer, and came and sat by the side of the sleeping huntsman and gazed upon him for a long time in silence."

[FACING P. 206

IV.

HURCA-MENDI.

"And wrenching off the splendid crown which encircled its brow, he precipitately ran out of the church."

[FACING P. 247