of John Cockburn, &c. 147 



ran between the Mountains, and was very 

 wide and muddy. This we were obliged to 

 wade thro', tho' as we afterward found by 

 Experience, it was as full of Holes at the 

 Bottom as the Mountain we had juft pafs'd, 

 and as we could have no Marks here to guide 

 our Feet by, I concluded, we fhould all 

 perilh before we got out of it. We were 

 feveral Hours labouring with great Difficul- 

 ty, up to our Necks in Water, and could 

 fee no End to it, nor fo much as find a 

 Refting-place,no not for a Moment; for the 

 Mountains on each Side of us, were exceed- 

 ing, high and fteep as a Houfe-fide ; how- 

 ever, Providence fupported us, till at laft 

 we found out a Paffage, which led us up 

 between the Mountains. 



W e afcended one of them dire&ly, weary 

 as we were, and on the Top thereof found 

 a plain clear Spot of Ground ; from whence 

 we faw the burning Mountain of Bombaco, 

 which was not far from us. That Moun- 

 tain voids great Quantity of fulphureous 

 Matter, and there alfo is found much Pu- 

 mice-Stone. We believed we could not 

 meet with a better Place than this, to take 



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