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1、CARMENCARMENbyPROSPERMERIMEE1CARMENCHAPTERIIhadalwayssuspectedthegeographicalauthoritiesdidnotknowwhattheyweretalkingaboutwhentheylocatedthebattlefieldofMundainthecountyoftheBastuli-Poeni,closetothemodernMonda,sometwoleaguesnorthofMarbella.Accordingtomy
2、ownsurmise,foundedonthetextoftheanonymousauthorofthe/BellumHispaniense/,andoncertaininformationculledfromtheexcellentlibraryownedbytheDukeofOssuna,IbelievedthesiteofthememorablestruggleinwhichCaesarplayeddoubleorquits,onceandforall,withthechampionsofthe
3、Republic,shouldbesoughtintheneighbourhoodofMontilla.HappeningtobeinAndalusiaduringtheautumnof1830,Imadeasomewhatlengthyexcursion,withtheobjectofclearingupcertaindoubtswhichstilloppressedme.ApaperwhichIshallshortlypublishwill,Itrust,removeanyhesitationth
4、atmaystillexistinthemindsofallhonestarchaeologists.ButbeforethatdissertationofminefinallysettlesthegeographicalproblemonthesolutionofwhichthewholeoflearnedEuropehangs,Idesiretorelatealittletale.Itwilldonoprejudicetotheinterestingquestionofthecorrectloca
5、lityofMonda.IhadhiredaguideandacoupleofhorsesatCordova,andhadstartedonmywaywithnoluggagesaveafewshirts,andCaesar's/Commentaries/.AsIwandered,oneday,acrossthehigherlandsoftheCachenaplain,wornwithfatigue,parchedwiththirst,scorchedbyaburningsun,cursingCaes
6、arandPompey'ssonsalike,mostheartily,myeyelighted,atsomedistancefromthepathIwasfollowing,onalittlestretchofgreenswarddottedwithreedsandrushes.Thatbetokenedtheneighbourhoodofsomespring,and,indeed,asIdrewnearerIperceivedthatwhathadlookedlikeswardwasamarsh,
7、intowhichastream,whichseemedtoissuefromanarrowgorgebetweentwohighspursoftheSierradiCabra,rananddisappeared.IfIrodeupthatstream,Iargued,Iwaslikelytofindcoolerwater,fewerleechesandfrogs,andmayhapalittleshadeamongtherocks.2CARMENAtthemouthofthegorge,myhors
8、eneighed,andanotherhorse,invisibletome,neighedback.BeforeIhadadvancedahundredpaces,thegorgesuddenlywidened,andIbeheldasortofnaturalamphitheatre,thoroughlyshadedbythesteepcliffsthatlayallaroundit.Itwasimpossibletoimagineanymoredel
