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marched due east, to enter a narrow ravine between 
some low clayey mountains; the sides of which were 
perpendicular like walls, and presented gaps singularly 
disposed, and so numerous that they resembled the walls 
of a city half in ruins. We halted at mid-night. I did 
not find any shells or other marine productions on the 
sea-shore. I had, however, collected some plants. 
Thursday, 2\st May. 
We commenced our march at five o'clock in the 
morning, and followed the windings of the same valley 
as on the preceding evening, in a direction N. | N. W. 
until ten o'clock. 
This valley and the low mountains which form it, 
appear to have been torn by some great earthquake. 
The mountains are of clay, in strata sometimes hori- 
zontal, and at others oblique, inclining ten to fifteen de- 
grees from north to south. 
As early as seven o'clock we had began to perceive 
some plants and wild palms at the bottom of the valley, 
which indicated the neighbourhood of water. In reality 
we soon discovered a small stream of drinkable water, 
which is the first to be found upon this road from Tor 
during three days journey. 
At nine we passed near the mountain in which is 
found the hot spring, which gives its name to the whole 
canton. 
There was a well of indifferent water under the shade 
of some fine wild palms at the place where we stopped 
at ten o'clock. The soil was clayey and calcareous as 
before. 
We set out again at one in the afternoon, directing 
our course to the N. W. until three o'clock, when we 
halted at the tprrent called Wadi Corondeh 
