chap, vii THE SASSENDAL 



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with tales of the difficulties surpassed — how Garwood's pony 

 had been bogged and the other had to be brought to haul 

 him out ; how the sledges were only just holding together, 

 how in descending the right bank they were forced into a 

 cul de sac, with a high bank overhanging the river on one 

 side, and a slope of snow too steep to be traversed on the 

 other ; how in fording the river the sledges were rolled over 

 and carried away, and they themselves with difficulty retained 

 their footing, and how they were all dripping wet and as 

 hungry as I was. After midnight the caravan arrived, and 

 Waterfall Camp (105 feet) was pitched on a dry spot com- 

 manding a wide view. 







DR. GREGORY. 



