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border as he felt it wise ; this he did, and the camp was our last 
ne, no. 6. 
"The three referred to above proceeded on our journey to Gona- 
ives. We soon came toa place known as Les Roches, which has 
a wide reputation in those parts on account of its bad road, and I 
must say, after traversing it, that this reputation is well-earned. 
The pass, for such it is, through which the gorge is entered, has an 
Grand Turk, south end near aoe looking east. Rock forma- 
Fic. 40. 
tion, with no oe sand, the home of the 
elevation of 1,925 feet. From te ak down for the next 600 
feet is about as bad a piece of road as one can imagine. At one 
time it was evidently a colonial | for extended sections still 
have the old paving stones put down by the French over 100 
years ago. At that time they were covered with earth, the stones 
forming a basis, but now these stones are exposed and covered 
