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June 3d.— Leave MaldrJ at 9 A. M. At 6165 paces, reach our en- 

 campment. The quantity of common and lemon thyme near water- 

 courfes was very great, but none of it had been cropped bf fheep j I 

 alfb faw bafil, favory, mint, and other potherbs, with ledums of fe- 

 veral kinds; and I likewife met with fome goofeberry bu flies. 



June^th —After breakfaftirig in a -cave, at the Foot of \rhich run a clear 

 rill down a deep and broad rivulet half choked with a body of frozen 

 fnow, we left our ground at 7^ A.M. After proceeding 5145 paces, 

 arrive at the village of Niti. In the latter part of this day's march I 

 found my rate of breathing quickened -beyond its natural ftandard in 

 proportion to the difficulty of kfcent, and was obliged frequently to 

 Hop in order that the a£tioh of the heart might become; lefs violent. 

 My companion has been aware of occasional oppreulon in breathing 

 for the laft three days; but I did not experience any till this day. 'The 

 very wretched appearance of the 14 or 16 houfes, : which compofe the 

 town, give no favorable expectation of the fupplies we fhould here 

 meet with, 



June 5th. — The fituation of* Niti is in itfelf pretty enough, being at 

 the foot of a fmall fweep of hills whicn defend it : from the Hi and sffl m 

 A gorge, between the Wefterri hills and thofe to the South, give en- 

 trance to the Niti river; and the valley is fhut up, about a mile, to the 

 E. by an afcent covered with birch trees^and leading to many gorget 

 and ridges of a high mountain topped with fnow. Down the iide of the 

 mountain, immediately in face of the town and extending from top to 

 bottom, winds the track of a recent avalanche looking like a new made 

 turn pike road. In front of the town, and.be tw; sen. "it. and the river, are 

 a few flats, which defcend by Heps, and have lately been ploughed. 

 The town, following the line of the bale of the- rocks, was originally 



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