me 
difficult and dangerous, as the 
innumerable springs made rey ps slip- 
pe 
By the time we had reached. the pather 
ae” of the lake, we found ourselves all ex 
ceedingly fatigu ued, and, much to the eatis- 
faction of the whole Bay, we encainped. 
The spot w a broad flat 
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everywhere around us 
ocks 
the. fe 
The flora of the region we had 
as: which we were encamped, was 
sa a profusion of alpine plants in brilliant 
aap aia observations, 
e days’ sojourn at this 
Gulf of Mexico 
su 
iy 
ty, and found to pro- 
animal of a grey color, 
tail y the 
a oF 
ith ile 
Siberian squirrel. 
number of pee and, with the exce 
a small b ke a nario #4 is the os 
Sabian of ‘te elevated part of the 
r han now only that at- 
he barometer. J was taken ill 
we had encamped, and continu- 
| late in the. night, with v 
vomiting. This was probably 
the excessive fatigue I had under- 
ant of food, and perhaps, a 
asure by thes rarity of the air. 
ad spr “up at sunset, which 
ned swirly blew away the heat at the fires. 
no 
We saw a considerable romete: 
moun- | of the 
this 
| as 
f1842, 
The cold, ee een not baa 
into the mou 
all dispersed, seeking 
Mr. 
e edge of one 
way at.an angle of about twenty degrees , 
but his feet slipped from aga him, and he 
e pla 
e bottom, were 
somersets, jane received no injury be- 
da few brui Two of the 
yon men, Cle- 
ent mbert and Descoteaux, had been 
taken se and a down on the rocks a short 
distance below; and at this point I was at- 
tacked with headache and giddiness, accom 
panied by vomiting, as on the day before. 
Finding wits; pias to proceed, I eons om 
reuss, vhs 
ts had been pe one “— 
. or ten hondred feet into 
a gem rm 
the camp, at which we all-arrived safeiys 
