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mies, and on the approach of a stranger, they 

 run in alarm to the mountains." 



When we had finished reading this extract, 

 Mary said, that since I was so much amused by 

 it, she would find a description of some curious 

 salt cliffs on the banks of the Indus. 



" Near Callabaugh, on the banks of the 

 Indus, the road is cut out of the solid salt, at 

 the foot of salt cliffs, which in some places are 

 more than 100 feet high above the river. The 

 salt is hard, clear, and almost pure ; and would 

 be like crystal, were it not a little streaked and 

 tinged with red. Several salt springs issue from 

 the rocks, and leave the ground covered with a 

 crust of the most brilliant whiteness. The earth 

 is blood red, and this, with the beautiful spec- 

 tacle of the salt rocks, and the Indus flowing in 

 a deep and clear stream, through lofty moun- 

 tains, presented a most singular scene." 



I have copied these for Mamma, for I am sure 

 you have neither of the books. 



26th. I have been out till very late this 

 lovely evening, which was so calm, and still, and 

 fragrant, that it made me think of some of our 

 own evenings ; and the brightness of the stars, 

 and the clear blue sky, increased the resem- 

 blance. While walking, I described to Mary 

 and Caroline the country-house of the Ccndc 



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