When we came to Madrid, we, being all of us strangers to Spain, were willing to stay some time to see the court of Spain, and what was worth observing; but it being the latter part of the summer, we hastened away, and set out from Madrid about the middle of October; but when we came to the edge of Navarre, we were alarmed, at several towns on the way, with an account that so much snow was falling on the French side of the mountains, that several travellers were obliged to come back to Pampeluna, after having attempted at an extreme hazard to pass on.
A nyár derekán jártunk ekkor, és csak október közepén indultunk tovább. Mire Navarrébe értünk, már több helyen is figyelmeztettek bennünket, hogy a Pireneusok francia oldalán töméntelen mennyiségű hó esett és sok utas visszafordult már Pampelonába, azután, hogy megkockáztatták az átjutást.