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In clioosiiig night encaiiipinents, it would be 

 well for travellers, if tlicy have finy re^-ard 

 for their personal comfort, to he particularly 

 cautiouf to avoid makmg their dormitory upon 

 the nest of th& mi, wMeh ^^utit i$ndtire 

 intrusion, and consequently will give tliem so 

 liilios])itahh^ a reception, as to ohligc a speedy 

 decampment to take place, leaving painful nie- 

 tnentos of their formidable forceps. This liap- 

 penad o^t tolm t)^ lol» ^tid we eiijoy^d mmd 

 tepoae (after our journey of thirty-three miles) 

 until towards the morning, when the ehilness 

 of the air awoke ns : tlie fire not haviug I>eeu 

 kept replenished was nearly extinguished, we, 

 s«?«>iir iiia^^ It fe^ by an addi- 



mm of &idr mi m ibe 4smt of mi&^ ^ 



approaching, wc prepared tea,' — that beverage 

 being always found most relreshing after n 

 fatiguing day s journey, or before commencing 

 one, — prev&imti^ r^ltting our journey. 



ney, and arrived at a place call^ Cherry- 

 tree Hill on one side of it tbere is a steep, 

 almost perpendicular descent, which drays pass- 

 ing were formerly obliged tq d^so^^nd 

 at iri^ i Mt it U mw avoided % ^ latdy 



discovered rout(% nearly three miles hirtlier 

 round. Tlie view, looking from tliis hUl into 



