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excessively bad. I had no option, in con- 

 sequence of the defection of my peoriy but to 

 walk, or to leave one of my trunks behind me. 

 I determined on the former, and, putting on al- 

 pargates, we set forward. These sandals, being 

 badly made, soon went on one side, and I 

 had recourse to a pair of laced boots, made of 

 hide, which being too large, filled with water, 

 and rendered walking excessively inconveni- 

 ent; though, if properly made, they are the 

 best things to travel with in this country. 

 My last resource was a pair of English shoot- 

 ing-shoes ; but from the inequality of the road, 

 which was a layer of mud, sometimes knee- 

 deep, sometimes only to the ancle, over roots 

 of trees, which perpetually twisted the foot, I 

 soon had my ancle chafed so severely as to 

 cause a sore. I put leaves in my shoes to re- 

 lieve my foot, but they soon wore out, and I 

 was in excessive pain and misery, but obliged 

 to proceed. At one o'clock we stopped in a 

 romantic dell, to which we descended, as the 

 weather was clearing up. Two streams were 

 dashing past us, and we were embosomed in 

 mountains and woods. In front of the cave in 

 which we sat, were myriads of butterflies — it 



