For our young man had a steed which was the observed of all observers. It was a Bearn pony, from twelve to fourteen years old, yellow in his hide, without a hair in his tail, but not without windgalls on his legs, which, though going with his head lower than his knees, rendering a martingale quite unnecessary, contrived nevertheless to perform his eight leagues a day.
Porque nuestro joven tenía montura, y esa montura era tan notable que fue notada: era una jaca del Béam, de doce á catorce años, de pelaje amarillo, sin crines en la cola, mas no sin gabarros en las patas, y que, caminando con la cabeza más abajo de las rodillas, lo cual volvía inútil la aplicación de la martingala, hacía pese a todo sus ocho leguas diarias.