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certainly, but for the protecting hand of 

 Providence, have been crushed to pieces. 

 We reached the grotto at length, after 

 much hi hour and trouble, and descended 

 the mountain with much greater facility. 

 Laying hold of the tops of spruce firs which 

 grew close to the rocks, we slid down upon 

 them, dragging them after us down the 

 precipices. 



Mai/ 23. 



I at length, after twelve days journey, 

 reached Umoea. 



It had originally been my design to go 

 to Asila Lapmark, in order to observe 

 what plants are able to endure the very 

 hard winters of that region, but I was ob- 

 liged to change my plan. The summer 

 would not have been long enough, nor my 

 stock of money sufficient to enable me to 

 reach that most northern part of the coun- 

 try, where the severity of the climate is 

 augmented by the cold north wind and 

 the vast .snowy mountains. I applied, 





