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OHAPTEE XXVIII. 



CHAPTEK THE LAST. 



To be upon the mountains is always an inspiring, 

 an exhilarating event ; and the further you penetrate 

 amidst them, the greater is the feeling of delight. It 

 is a peculiar sensation you experience when climb- 

 ing among them : and I know nothing like it, except 

 the thrill of gladness and exultation which fills the 

 heart when you have given yourself to the waves, 

 and are forcing your way onward over the open sea. 

 For mighty as are the forms which rear themselves 

 around, and sensible as I always am of their vastness, 

 on me they never exercise an overwhelming power : on 

 the contrary, all my best energies are called forth by 

 the sight, and by the difficulties to be grappled with : 

 the mind seems to expand and grow, to rise, as with 

 newly-awakened strength, till it is on a level with the 

 grandeur that it beholds. 



On the mountain-top the same silent joy possesses 

 my whole being as when in presence of the ocean ; and 



