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clamber up to it, for the afcent is very 

 fteep and rocky* 



With fome trouble I retraced the road 

 I had come, and after a while arrived once 

 more at the place from whence I had be- 

 gun the defcent, and thence I proceeded 

 to the upper part of the horrid chafm 

 which I had before viewed with fuch 

 fublime pleafure from below. Near this 

 place I had been taught to expect that 

 I mould meet with a great number of 

 uncommon plants ; and I was not dif- 

 appointed, for I this day found within a 

 very fmall fpace of ground, no fewer than 

 the following : Plantago maritima Lobelia 

 dortmanna ParnaJJia palujlris Statice ar- 

 meria Rumex digynus Vaccinium myrtil- 

 lus Chryfojplenium oppojitifolium Saxi- 

 fraga Jldlaris Saxifraga nivatis Saxi- 

 Jraga palmata Saxifraga oppofitifolia Sax- 

 ifraga hypnoides Silene acaulis Ar.enaria 

 And two varieties which have been 



taken 



