Volcanic Mountain in St. Vincent’s. 2y, 
inyfielf very little nearer than when I was at the bottom. The 
woods now became very difficult to get through; great quan- 
tities of fallen trees lying buried under long grafs and being 
rotten, when I thought myfeif walking on the ground, I was 
frequently buried a great depth among them.' Being now 
about noon, and my turn to carry the baggage, and confe- 
quently my turn of reft, I was furprifed to hear a ruftling 
among the bullies, and fomething like a human voice behind 
me. As we were now in- a place where I had little reafon to 
fuppofe there had been a human foot before, and -could not 
imagine there could be habitations of Caribbees or run-away 
negroes, ftnce from the barrennefs ■ of - the mountain they 
could notpoffibly find any provisions to fubfift on, I told the boy 
to ftand fti'tl, and let us wait thdir coming up; for if they were 
Caribbees advancing with an intention to hurt us, there was no 
alternative but to defend ourfelves. You may imagine my fur- 
prtfe when I faw one of the negroes who had been with me the 
day before, with three others, which Mr. Maloune had fen t 
to my aftiftance, with plenty of . provifions. After refresh- 
ment, with this aftiftance, T renewed my labours with frefh 
fpirits, and thought I was fure of reaching the top before 
night. Having proceeded a little, I had a fair view of the 
ravin on my left, which was of prodigious depth, and ran 
from near the top of the mountain to the fea ; its bottom 
feemed to be a rock of a colour nearly refembling lava, and 
appeared as if there had been vaft torrents ofTulphureous mat- 
ter running in it fome time. I regretted much I knew, not of 
this ravin before I commenced my excurfion, as by- puffing a 
head-land in a canoe, and getting into the ravin, I might have 
gained. the fummit of the mountain, without experiencing the 
delays and difficulties I here encountered. It was now about 
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