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MEMOIR OF 
more difficult. " Rocks piled on rocks, in sablimi! 
confusion ; roariu>; cafnmcts, atitl slijipery precipices 
were now to be suriuounted- Kuttriug coulii be 
more romautic anil wild tban tlie eourtte we had to 
pasji," After a l!ilwri<Kis dny, tiowever, llu*y sof- 
ceeded iiicnmiiigGtitruuj^ DiTijio, a lisglisttep moun- 
tain, and eiicampfd for tlie iii^ht on the conSneH of 
the Tiija-hlas coimiry, in view of ihe w eiilern peak of 
Berapi, enntiin(? a volume of »utuke. linvv the party 
became undiT the ouiitrol of tbe I'ljiefH of tlie ci>uritry» 
and it dfpt!)idi*<l entirely on tSieit iiidinatioiis whether 
stranf,'erH should be aUowetl to pass* After much 
consul taiioji anioii|f tl»o*e wSio next morning as- 
sembled, annuity ilidayis and prtsvarlcaiions an to 
the reason of them, the restraint w as bruken ibrough 
by the energy of Sir Stamford, and the J)arty allow- 
ed to proceed, upon the payment of twenty dol- 
lars. Then " we whook bands, and the utmost 
cor(iiaUty ami good understanding instantly pre- 
Tuiled," They cleaceiided to ibe plains, attended 
with several thousands, who now welcomed llieiu 
in the most savage manner, w*ith yells and cheers. 
Having reached ike princiiial town, lliey ivere, after 
some deliiy and consultatiun, supplied with a com- 
modious planked house, and spent the night with 
Miflicieni comfort, keeping, however, tlie ]unty to- 
getber» and strict vigilance, nece*isary amon^r so nu- 
merous a people, who openSy ahewed sucfi wild and 
untamed manners. 
This valley was of the reheat description. " Here," 
