ROCKY VALLEYS. 
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we saw several pretty wild flowers. We observed 
many Soudan trees, or trees with tropical aspects. 
Our route lay through rocky valleys, over a bed|of 
fine granite sand. The rocks were all blackened, 
forming a gloomy landscape, especially as all the 
morning the heavens were one impenetrable mass 
of clouds. The atmosphere felt, at first, damp and 
sufibcating ; but at length the wind got up, and we 
breathed more freely. 
