Mr. DelaMgarrc*s Excurjions on the Blue Mountains lyi 



?.bove-mentioned, in a due courfe to the weft, 1 difcovered two 

 fmall lakes, one alinofl perpendicularly down in a kind of 

 deep hollow, the other about three miles farther in the fame 

 diredlion. — Before I could attempt to vifit the firfl lake, I \A'as 

 invited to recover myfelf from my fatigue upon fome provifions 

 brought along j then fitting on the edge of a pure and limpid 

 ftream running to the fouth-weft, I made the mod happy repall 

 in all my life : No luxuries, no fpices, not the mod refined 

 cook could ever make me eat with fuch relifh as I di'd fom.e 

 bread and butter in that moment. I quitted my flream with 

 a thankful heart. — Taking my courfe to the weft, I had to 

 defcend for two hours, being obliged in fome places to jump 

 ten feet from rock to rock ; fo in that mode of flying down, I 

 could not help recolleding the fate of the rafh and 

 unfortunate Icarus. 



The lake is of an exad; circular form ; the bottom very 

 ihallow, is of a reddifti fand, intermixed with loofe black 

 ftones, of the flate kind : Several fmall ftreams, which give 

 origin to the lake, carry a great quantity of iron ore. In that 

 dark recefs I was obliged to encamp for the night, laying on 

 branches of hemlock. I was awakened from time to time 

 (for the fake of variety) by the bowlings of wolves, wild 

 cats, and bears : One of my men, though overcome with 

 fatigue, and very lleepy, diverted me very much by his fears, 

 keeping conftantly in his hand a fmall hatchet, to defend 

 imfelf againft our furrounding muficians. 



