the narrow road was partly covered with snow, which, in many places, gave way under our feet and, in others, was converted into ice by the action of the sun by day and the frosts by night, so that the horses kept falling, and it was with difficulty that we ourselves made our way.
Han-hemenka, elurrak estalita zeukan bide meharra; leku batzuetan bigun apaltzen zen oin azpian, beste batzuetan, ordea, izoztuta zegoen eguzki-errainuen eta gaueko hotzaren eraginez, halako moldez non guri ere nekeza baitzitzaigun ibiltzea; zaldiak erori egiten ziren;