Note 177
From The Invasion of Spain, part of Chapter 51 of the Decline & Fall

The direct road from Corduba to Toledo was measured by Mr. Swinburne's mules in 72.5 hours; but a larger computation must be adopted for the slow and devious marches of an army. The Arabs traversed the province of La Mancha, which the pen of Cervantes has transformed into classic ground to the readers of every nation.

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