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rition, not leaning on the brink; but fastened to a project- 

 ing root, in such a manner that, on descending, the steep 

 was on our right hand, and a tremendous abyss, of a hun- 

 dred and fifty feet deep, presented itself before us* 



Note 57 —Page 77. 



tremendous rocks were spread, 



That from our feet in headlong fury fled. 



These rocks, being worn smooth by the perpetual ac- 

 tion of the water, and lying upon a steep declivity, com- 

 posed of loose masses of smaller ones, were displaced 

 at every pressure of the foot, so that masses larger than 

 mill stones were easily lanched down with a single kick, 

 rendering it highly dangerous for more than one person 

 to pass abreast. 



Note 58— Page 77. 

 — 'midst such clamor drowned. 



A few days before our arrival the body of a man who 

 had been drowned above the falls, was found below them,, 

 among the rocks. Finding it impossible from the state 

 of the body, and I may add the ladder, to raise it to the 

 brink of the precipice, and there not being a particle of 

 earth in the gulf to cover it, the people were at a loss how 

 to dispose of it, until one of the company discovered a 

 hollow gum log, into which the body was thrust, and the 

 entrance barricaded with large stones. 



Note 58 — Page 77. 

 -——Slow Fort Slusher's down was seen to roam. 



