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CHAP. VII. 



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Journey over Lamalmon to Gaidar. 



IT was on account of thefe delays that we did not leave Ad- 

 dergey till near ten o'clock in the forenoon of the 4th of 

 February. We continued our journey along the fide of a 

 hill, through thick wood and high grafs ; then descended 

 into a deep, narrow valley, the fides of which had been 

 Ihaded with high trees, but in burning the grafs the trees 

 were confumed likewife ; and the fhoots from the roots 

 were fome of them above eight feet high fince the tree 

 had thus fufFered that fame year. The river Angueah 

 runs through the middle of this valley ; after receiving 

 the fmall ftreams, before mentioned, it makes its way 

 into the Tacazze. It is a very clear, fwift-running river, 

 fomething lefs than the Bowiha. 



When we had jufl reached the river- fide, we faw the 

 Shum coming from the right hand acrofs us. There were 



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