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lfiD?eSt, intcniiiiiiiU'd witli otlier trets mid sliru]><?, 

 we roarlirtl Spriiiuwoud/' ;it wliirli |)laro a 

 corporal's guard was stationed, principally for tlie 

 ])urpose of escorting prisoners attached to the 

 iiftMt gaflfs tem one stiationil:^ crofter. 



Ai> we made the gradual ase^to cif thfe otoini- 

 tainous but vxcvWvnt mad, tlie scenejy hcjran to 

 developc itself, until tha prospect before us had 

 assumed a romantic and in a high degree pic- 

 taresqui^ appeatatice i ^ere wns i^'^tlnnt view of 

 the Appin,"V^'in(Isor, and^pl^Ei^dkklels^^ tikest^ 

 of country in the distance ; near us were wild 

 deep-wooded "iens, to the l)ottoni of wldeli the 

 eye could not reach. On another side were 

 iii^illttfd^ beaked m momtaliis dly^^ms^ immi 



Mnllig to form a landscape of a grand and im- 

 pressive clmraeter. There was, Iiowever, a de- 

 hciency of water in tlie view, an element which 



scape scfiztefy^ 1^ Its presetted the pktumque 

 as well as fertile appearance of the coiiotitiy 



would have been nuieh increased. Tin- atmo- 

 sphere upon this elevated range was colder and 

 bleaker than we liad experienced m the 



it e&med ^ ^w^liaylt Been Y^miitve^ i& 



anbtbar climate, and the wind, which bk'w fresh, 

 was so ]>iereinoly eold, as the sunset aj)proaehe<I . 

 as to render our warm cloaks of much servic(\ 



