[ 174 J  * 66 7 s--* 
o make exercise agreeable, and we’soon entered the defile I Had seen the 
preceding day. It was smoothly carpeted with a soft grass, and scattered 
over with groups of flowers, of which yellow was the predominant color. 
Sometimes we were forced by an occasional difficult pass, to. ne our way 
on a narrow ledge along the side of the defile, and the ‘m les were fre- 
quently on their knees; but t these obstru tions ere €j 
on in the sweet morning air,¢ delighted at our good 
such a beautiful. entrance to the mountains. “This. r 
three miles, when we suddenly reached its term 
views which, at every turn, meet. the traveller 1 
where, in a little lake, the stream had its source. — 
There were some Ene asters in bloom, but allthe fi 
ed to seek the shelter of the rocks, and tobe of lower or 
as if they loyed the warmth of the soil, and kept oe of 
winds, Immediately at our feet ay precipitous descent ke 
of defiles, and si us rose thetagums: as we h 
in the annexed view. It is not by‘t ndor. 
have lent sucha wey to the Alps, tet these impr 
gigantic disordet of enormous masses, anda savage 
rocks, i in wonderful contrast. with innumerable green. spots of 
beauty, ‘lie up in. their stern TeCeSSes.. a wildne ss seems 
ry 
age 
charge ort 
— and blankets. € took with us_ ee io 
nents, and, a8 the “ae had become. warm, the e gre 
Havine made an early dinner, we eo ted-ag: i 
the 
Pp 
rising but little. The first ridge 
great fatigue and diffieulty, we | h 
to make an eqttal descent-on the 
were filled with small deep lak ry dire 
ak from one level to atiotler, sometimes ‘under bedeas fortted oe 
“huge fragments of granite, se which was heard the roar-of the water. 
These constantly obstructed our path, forcing us to make 
: i obliged. to. noth ee our psy and, Senuentlye fal 
oc Max ated ‘the face: re 
was | 
‘himself from going over 4 st 
clambered on aay ie 
aroimd ie lake, which had°in ie bee a 
others was bound with roeks, over which the * 
,a8 the water from innumerable springs 
: we Hs Saal - ile ay 
mi: a nati A 
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