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every fide, and flowing into the Jore 5 which is a. 
confiderable branch of the Tanafe. 
Began now to afcend the mountain, following a 
fmall arm or branch of the vale, which led to a gap 
or naxrow defile, compreffed by the high pending 
hills on each fide, down which came rapidly a consi- 
derable branch of the Jore, dafhing fand roaring 
over rocky precipices. 
Now leaving Roaring creek on our right, and 
accomplifhing two or three afcents or ridges, an- 
other branch of the trading path from the Overhills 
to Cowe came in on our right, and here my tranfi- 
tory companion Mr. Galahan parted from me, taking 
this road back to Cowe ; when I was left again wan- 
dering alone in the dreary mountains, not indeed to- 
tally pathlefs, nor in my prefent fituation entirely 
agreeable, although fuch fcenes of primitive unmo- 
dified nature always pieafed me. 
May we fuppofe that mankind feel in their hearts 
a predilection for the fociety of each other : or are 
we delighted with fcenes of human arts and cultiva- 
tion, where the parlions are flattered and entertained 
with variety of objects for gratification ? 
I found myfelf unable, notwithflanding the atten r 
tive admonitions and perfuafive arguments of reafon, 
entirely to erafe from my mind, thole impreiiions 
which I had received from the fociety of the amia- 
ble and polite inhabitants of Charleflon ; and I could 
not help comparing my prefent fituation in fome de ? 
gree to Nebuchadnezzar's, when expelled from the 
fociety of men, and conftraincd to roam in the moun- 
tains and w 7 ildernefs, there to herd and feed with the 
wild beafts of the forefhc 
After 
