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; For rather more than two cos^ the road lajr chiefly through a wood 

 oi large firs; a little above the bed of . the mer, the path was good., 

 but here apd there, intenopt£d.by a bad ilep. At this place we af" 

 cended.the projedion.of a rock^^whicbdofes up. the valley, by a rud^-;, 

 Ibiit curiouiQy conilru€i;ed fet of liep^, ' formed by pins ftuck into th«J 

 jockj and beams and {lones Jaid acrofs tfeerue The channel of the 

 river becajiae., deep, dark an.d narrow, and the path a mere tic vioui 

 fcramblej.ove'r- enormous fragments of rock from above^ mingled with 

 broken pieces .of trees, interlaced with tangled jungle, till we reached 

 .a fmall retired .fpotj JbeBeath foiiae line trees, where a cool Tpriog, and 

 the pleafaotnefs of fe place, induce pilgrims in genera! to. halt. The 

 river runs below this at a depth of aboul; lOo yards, between two v/a|l§ 

 of folid rock, in which it has hollowed itfelf a\.bed juft fiiScieRt,!© 

 containing, and of which the breadth at the upper part is ■n£aTly.:.die 

 iatncas below,,vand in this trough it tumbles over a fiicce.fiori .offoiaU 

 falls for a confiderable way. Beyond this, the road is difficulty, -and 

 freoioently daogeroos, psiliog aloog the face of Scaurs,,, m the beds 

 of torrentSj acrofs rocks, and 0ver a focceffion of broken .ground, iM 

 we reach the top of a ver? ugly and dangerous defcerstg which h 

 Md to be fix cos from the viliagea and which lesds immediately dQWM. 



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At this point iho -MagirarM is .-.divided Into Iwo branches-^thaS 

 which preferves the name, o^ring^fr^m the eadward; while the others 

 of a hse fully equal, joins. it tar: der ihe name of the Jahnevfi from the 

 north-ead.o ^: Both the fe\,ri vers .run in chafms, the depth, narrownefsj 

 Mid wildnei^ ox vy.hich.5 it'..woald.be.far;froq[i eafy to convey an idea ofg 

 between themj, a lofty cragj equal m heighth. to...thofe-tha5: tower on ei- 

 ther fide above the torrents^ is ihruil like^ wedge. The extreme pre<» 

 cipitoufnefs of all of theie, the roughnefs of their. fices^ with the v/ood 

 vv'hich grows near their bafes, obftru€ted the view, and prevented the 

 whole being comprehended at a glance j buE the diflant black 'clifFs^ 



