To mend the matter, when we came to Pampeluna it continued snowing with so much violence and so long, that the people said winter was come before its time; and the roads, which were difficult before, were now quite impassable; for, in a word, the snow lay in some places too thick for us to travel, and being not hard frozen, as is the case in the northern countries, there was no going without being in danger of being buried alive every step.
Les routes, qui étaient déjà difficiles, furent alors tout-à-fait impraticables. En un mot, la neige se trouva en quelques endroits trop épaisse pour qu'on pût voyager, et, n'étant point durcie; par la gelée, comme dans les pays septentrionaux, on courait risque d'être enseveli vivant à chaque pas.