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before daylight, taking with us two Indians, a 

 pair of ill-conditioned looking fellows, as guides. 

 Landing at daylight, we commenced the ascent 

 of the mountain, leaving one of the Indians be- 

 hind to join us afterwards, as we understood. 

 There was no path whatever, so we followed up 

 the dry bed of a water-course : it was terribly 

 hard work, and our progress was continually 

 interrupted by large boulders and dense thorny 

 jungle. After toiling upwards for several hours 

 we reached an open space near the top, where 

 the sun poured its fierce rays upon us ; no game 

 or even trace of any could we see, so after 

 anathematizing our guide we commenced the 

 descent. This proved to be nearly as bad as 

 the ascent, and to make matters worse we lost 

 our way and suffered a good deal from want of 

 water. The heat was so great that the Indian 

 vomited; but what concerned me more was that 

 my retriever Rose did so likewise; however, after 

 blundering about for some time we caught sight 

 of the boat and reached the beach thoroughly 

 exhausted, and profoundly disgusted with our 



