CHAP. x1. ] Returns Home. 911 
the gulls, was beyond the state for preservation, I again left 
it, that the impatient: birds might once more descend and 
recommence their banquet. 
“JT now wished to get to a sandy beach at some distance 
to my left, known as Greenside, from which I knew that a 
path led to the top of the cliff. On my way thither I met 
with a very serious obstacle in the form of a huge rock, 
whose base extended into the sea; and, as a matter of 
course, as I could not get round it, I required to get over 
it. Iwas then far from being in a condition to climb a 
rock. However, I had no alternative. The tide, then 
about to come in, would have shown me no mercy. Ac- 
cordingly, my gun was once more on my back, and on 
hands and knees, for feet here were of no use, and with the 
aid of my mouth, I succeeded in crawling over, and, with 
some further difficulty, I contrived to reach Greenside. In- 
stead of holding on to Gardenstown, I turned my face to- 
ward home, where I arrived betwixt five and six in the 
evening, with the impression of the last day of 1850 so 
deeply stamped upon my body and mind, that it will not 
easily, if ever, be obliterated from either.” 
