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perceived him lying bleeding and insensible 

 at a considerable distance below, with his 

 head near the edge of a precipice, over which 

 should he happen to slide, his death would 

 be inevitable. Leaving his gun, he gradually 

 lowered himself down to his companion, 

 whom he drew farther on to the ledge of 

 rock, but which was too narrow to allow of 

 his being left there in his still insensible 

 state, while his friend should endeavor to 

 obtain assistance. In this situation they 

 remained for upwards of two hours on a 

 cold winter's day, both wet, and the wounded 

 man, whose head had been cut in the fall, 

 still insensible, with little prospect in that 

 lonely place of any one coming to their aid. 

 At length the one who was unhurt made 

 himself heard by some quarry-men, who 

 happened to be passing down the dale, but 

 who, on reaching the place, found that they 

 could not remove the wounded man without 

 ropes to draw him up the cliff. These were 

 at last procured just as evening began to set 



