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find itself in their course must infallibly be dashed 

 over the precipice. To-day, it really appeared as 

 if all the estates in the island had agreed to send 

 their produce by this particular road; the shells 

 formed a complete chorus, and sounded incessantly 

 during our whole passage of the mountain ; and at 

 one time there was a very numerous accumulation 

 of carts and oxen in consequence of my carriage 

 coming to a complete stop. As we were ascend- 

 ing, — " It is very well," said a gentleman who was 

 travelling with me, (Mr. Hill) " that we did not 

 come by this road three months sooner. I remem- 

 ber about that time travelling it on horseback, and 

 an enormous tree had fallen over the path, which 

 made me say to myself as I passed under it, ' Now, 

 how would a chaise with a canopy get along here? 

 The tree hangs so low that the carriage never 

 could pass, and it would certainly have to go all 

 the way home again. 9 Of course, the obstacle 

 must now be removed ; but if I remember right, 

 this must have been the very spot .... and as I 

 hope to live, yonder is the very tree still ! " — And 

 so it proved ; although three months had elapsed, 

 the impediment had been suffered to remain in 

 unmolested possession of the road, and to pass my 

 carriage under it proved an absolute impossibility. 

 After much discussion, and many fruitless attempts, 

 we at length succeeded in unscrewing the wheels, 

 lifting off the body, which we carried along, and 

 then built the curricle up again on the opposite 



