140 AUTUMNAL SCENERY. 



remark, " Young gentleman, take warning by 

 this, and never be lazy." Crossed the bridge 

 that evening to explore the other side ; 

 Clapcott killed two burrell, but Wilson and 

 I came home emj^ty-handed. 



Having spoken of the magnificence of the 

 scenery about the glacier of the Ganges 

 when I visited it in summer, I must not pass 

 it over when seen in the autumn, at which 

 time the atmosphere being cleared by the 

 rains, the huge mountains around un- 

 shrouded by vapours, sharp and distinct in 

 outline, stand forth in all their beauty, from 

 the deep-blue sky they almost seem to pierce. 

 1 counted one morning, whilst sitting at 

 breakfast, sixteen peaks of everlasting snow 

 around us : no view I ever beheld made 

 such an impression upon me. I can never 

 forget it ; and long to go back and see it 

 once more. I have lived in the solitudes of 

 the American forests in their summer 

 beauty, and in their winter snows ; stood 

 under the Falls of Niagara ; and seen the 

 ocean in its wildest moods ; but this remains 



