Here he had the bodies of the principal warriors laid across mules, to be interred honorably at Malaga; the rest of the slain were buried on the field of battle.

Then, gathering together the scattered cavalgada, he paraded it slowly, in an immense line, past the walls of Castellar by way of taunting his foe.
With all his fierceness, old Muley Abul Hassan had a gleam of warlike courtesy, and admired the hardy and soldier-like character of Pedro de Vargas.

He summoned two Christian captives, and demanded what were the revenues of the alcayde of Gibraltar.

They told him that, among other things, he was entitled to one out of every drove of cattle that passed his boundaries.

"Allah forbid," cried the old monarch, "that so brave a cavalier should be defrauded of his dues!" He immediately chose twelve of the finest cattle from the twelve droves which formed the cavalgada.