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Mr. x^NDER son's Account of a- \ 



loofe fiind, I could eafily pufli my cutiafs into it to the handle-,- 

 and hy grafping it could recover myfelf again. Had I not! 

 taken the relolution before! began to afcend to diveft myfelf of 

 fear, I could not poffibly have gone, for the terror of falling 

 would ; have; been the means of it every inftant. I got up to 

 fome wild plantains., which I law continued all the, way to 

 the place where; the bullies and trees began to grow. 1 here; 

 refted myfelf, and waited for the boy's getting to me, which 

 he did much eafier than I, although he had the provifions and 

 water, owing to the track I had made, and becaufc, being 

 much lighter, he could better trufl: himfelf to the grafs and. 

 lerns.. After fome labour we arrived at the top of the preci- 

 pice. I found myfelf on a very i>arrow ridge, thickly covered, 

 with wood, and bounded by two ravins, the bottoms of. .which 

 I could not fee ;. the defcent to them feemed to be nearly per- 

 pendicular, yet all the way covered with thick wood. After re- 

 frelhing ourfelves,. we began our fatigue, the boy and 1 cutting, 

 and carrying our water and provifions, alternately. When we. 

 .had got fome way, I found I was on an exceeding narrow ridge, 

 in m.any parts not fix feet broad; on each fide a tremendous 

 gulf, into one or other of which J was often in danger of fal- 

 ling, fo that with great caution I was obliged to lie down on 

 my belly, to fee through the buflies hov/ the ridge tended. Here 

 I began to Imell fulphur, or rather a fmell like gunpowder., 

 As I knew this fmell mull; come from the top of the mountain, , 

 being in the direction of the wind, I was in hopes we could- 

 not be far from it, as the fmell grew Wronger and flronger as I 

 afcended. I law a rihng before me, and thought if I was once- 

 on it, if the top of the mountain was near I could have a view 

 of it ; but having got on this riling I could only fee a high peak 

 ^n the N.W. end of the mountain, and bvapnearance I thought, 

 6 myfelf 



