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with which he had already become familiar. " To me it is a 

 pleasure," he writes, " to traverse and gaze on new country where 

 no human foot ever trod or gazed (!) before. Every step discloses 

 new scenes and fresh discoveries. . . . The fascination, as well 

 as the charm, is broken once I return to ground travelled before, 

 though I expect more gold." 



