The desert became wider and more hideous; yet from time to time we seemed to descry a human figure that fled at our approach, sometimes a sharp turn would bring us suddenly within a short distance of one of these spectres, and I was filled with loathing at the sight of a huge deformed head, the skin shining and hairless, and repulsive sores visible through the gaps in the poor creature's wretched rags.
El país iba estando cada vez más desierto; sin embargo, aun a veces alguna sombra humana parecía huir a lo lejos. Si las revueltas del camino nos acercaban inopinadamente a uno de estos espectros, sentía yo una invencible repugnancia a la vista de una cabeza hinchada, una piel reluciente, desprovista de cabellos, y de asquerosas llagas que dejaban al descubierto los grandes desgarrones de sus miserables harapos.