24 Mr, Anderson's Account of a 



4 P.M. and I had no profpe<5t of the mountain's top ; but from 

 the afcent of the ravin below, I knew it was a-gi-eat way off. I 

 thoup-ht if I could get into the ravin before niglit, I could get 

 cafrly up next morning. After cutting a great way through 

 wild plantains, the fun near fetting, I found myfelf almoll: 

 -over the verge of a precipice; by catching hold of fome fhruba 

 I prevented myfelf from falling. We were now about; -half- 

 Vv.ay down ; but all the way below us, i^s far as we could fee, 

 wna a perpendicular precipice of rock, feveral hundred feet 

 hi2,h, to pafs whicii wis impoffible. I had a view of fom&parE 

 of the top of the mountain, which I faw was yet far from me ; 

 nor could I attempt any other way than the ridge I had left. 

 Being now fun-fet, and the negroes very difcontented, becaufe 

 they could not return that night, I found we mufl take up our 

 night's refidence in the place where we were. It was a very 

 unfavourable one, there being nothing but plantains growing, 

 which retaining the rain long in their leaves, and being frequently 

 agitated by the wind, were conflantly dropping, and kept the 

 ground always moifi:. Being almoft dark, we had time to make 

 us no other habitation,, than placing two or three flicks againft 

 an old ftumpof atree, and flightly covering them with plantain 

 leaves. After getting together fome little wood to make a fire; 

 to keep lis comfortable, it began to blow and rain violently* 

 which continued all night. We loon found our building; 

 afforded us no flielter, and <he wood would not burn, io that 

 we could not get any fire ; and the ground on which we were 

 fituated would not allow the leaft exercife to keep us warm.. 

 From fuch a miferable night I experienced no mitigation for 

 ^tiie fetigues.ef the day. 1 wiflied for the rifing fun, to renewi 

 .i^y labours^ whidi I at lafl beheld with inexprefiible joy. 



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