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tuie of their houses, wliich are of stone, laid in 

 common mortar, with a sloping roof, covered with 

 fine slate, raised to a second floor, which is occupied 

 by the family, while the lower, or ground one, gives 

 cover to their cattle in bad weather. 



Their cows are the only animals to be met with 

 among them, they have neither dog, cat, goat, sheep, 

 nor common fowls. 



On the 26th, I marched to Adxvaanee, along a 

 range of mountains, covered with forest trees, of va- 

 rious species. The distance from Nataana, by com- 

 putation of the natives, is six coss. I was three 

 hours and five minutes in walking it, and consider- 

 ing the nature of the road, and time lost by the 

 stopping, I conclude the true distance to be about 

 eTght and a half miles. The distance would be con-r 

 siderably less, on a line drawn from Nataana to this 

 place, which regains the former direction, and places 

 Adii-aanee about N. E. from the point marched from. 



This situation is a narrow, elevated ridge, expo- 

 sed to the influence of a bleak and chilling wind. 

 The only renmant of human industry is the scatter- 

 ed ruin of a house for the accommodation of travel- 

 lers. 



On the 27th. at half an hour past four in the morn- 

 ing, I proceeded on my journey. The road con- 

 ^tinuing with an ascent, for about half an hour, 

 brought me to the summit of a ridge, from whence is 

 seen the lofty chain of snowy mountains, in a very 

 extended line, from east to west. Those mountains 

 are seen from some parts of Rohilamd; but so re- 

 mote and indistinct, as to give no idea of the mag- 

 Tiiflcent scenery that now opened to my view; the 

 grandeur of which was eveiy moment encreasing by 

 Ihe more powerful illumination of the rising sun. 



