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began to come in front of the rock, 

 which was now to the south of me and 

 about ten miles distant. It appeared to 

 be about half a mile in length and four- 

 teen or fifteen hundred feet in height, 

 and was now partly blended with a range 

 of mountains running near it to the east 

 and west. Its outline was broken; but 

 althoui^di I examined carefully each side 

 of it I could see nothing of the profile 

 spoken of— when, happening to raise my 

 eyes to the upper edge, I actually started 

 and drew a long breath, and it was some 

 minutes before I recovered from my as- 

 tonishment. The day was bright, the 

 sun being on the side, gave to the moun- 



tains the 



coloring 



of India ink, and 

 against the clear sky was the profile of 

 a man, as perfect almost as if Canova 



had cut it there. Whether 



should 



have 



recognized 



the resemblance to 



Louis XVI, without being led to ex- 



but I think 1 



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pect it, I cannot say ; 

 should, for, as he is shown on his coins 

 which I have often studied, the similar- 

 ity is very striking. I am almost afraid 

 to trust myself to speak of it, for I fear 

 I may appear rather like an enthusiast 

 than a sober narrator of facts. And yet 

 I cannot attribute its powerful effect on 

 me to any expectation I had been led^to 

 entertain of something wonderful : 

 my road during the afternoon led through 

 a forest in its direction, and often while 

 engaged in other musings and not think- 

 ing at all of it, I caught sight of i^t sud- 

 denly between the trees 



for 



the feeling 

 was always that of wonder, mingled at 



least with awe, to a degree 



be- 



