I'i:aixs and passes ;{7i 



which kH'i'I'ciI ;i lorctiisic. or a i-ctrospcd. of ih\' diosoii 

 iiisaiiilN'. Then the ^al hcriiius al /I'liiiall am! olhcr 

 lavttiiritc eoulres ! Thdv were liiants in those days, al 

 least, we t h()HLi;lit so I hen. nini wilh liiiil>-. hmuainl sinewy, 

 and wilh heads to dc\ isc. and lo cdniniand. < hi the h|)S 

 mI' lhi'>t' niasici's of ihr crat't onlsidcrs like nix.-cll' hun^' 

 wilh ir\ civiKT. The [n'olrssidnals loo. the A ndd'co-o-s^ 

 tlie Crozs, ]]t'nni'n. and a (Vw others in ihr lirsl rank, 

 wlios(> native slxiil and aL;ilil\' had i'oni|iii'i'('d so nian\' 

 ditticullies, and whom wr couiili'd rather as inliinate> than 

 as servants. 



1 do nol prelend that in\' own trinniphs were 

 anxthin^- remarkalih'. and I shonM lintl it hard to seh'ct 

 a!i\dt'them which wouM rank as lirsl-rale achie\'einents. 

 The two expeditions which 1 ha\e recalled iu this chapter 

 were undertaken witliin a few days of eacli othei- in 

 Allirust 18G5. (»wiim- to the detestaMi^ weathej-. lhe\- 

 were tlie onl\' attempts which we were alih' to pull oil 

 successfulK' in that season. For this reason, and on 

 account of their intiin>ic ditticulty, they left a pari iculaily 

 vi\'id iin]>i-e--ii >n on m\' mind. 



.Me--r-. (Iro\c. Macdoiiald. and I had lieen lor maii\' 

 da}s unwilling prisoners at C'haniouni. and were so weary 

 of pronienadiivj,' on the Icn-cI that a ireadmill wniilil liax'e 

 been welcome as a variety. Sodileii and despairinu", as we 

 were, the sliuhtcst sion of an improvement in the weathei- 

 was seized upon as a chance of release from tlie hot steam 

 of the valle3\ 



l')\' dint of persistent slinkinii', the glass liad at length 

 been induci'd to declare thai a <-haiige for the itciler was 

 imminent, and liiere were eertainlv some ra^is of bbie 



