MOUNTAIN PEAKS. 
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began to doze, and feel awfully cold. And so I 
remained on tlie top of the blessed mountain ever 
so long, till I heard, early in the morning, some one 
shouting, and, creeping near the edge of a big rock, 
I looked over and saw the gunner and two marines, 
who were sent by ‘the first lieutenant to look after 
me. When they saw me up above in such a woeful 
plight they sang out, 'All right, keep u|) your 
spirits,' and that, you know, cheered me up, and I 
went to meet them almost tumbling down rock 
after rock ; and then, you know, they gave me a 
drink of rum and water ; and^ — 'that's all.” 
Rising from the circumference of the splendid 
bay, which we now entered, are several rugged 
mountain peaks, to which have been given fanciful 
names according to the objects which they are sup- 
posed to resemble. Thus, the Pao de Assuccar, or 
Sugar-Loaf ; the Two Brothel’s, or Dous Irmaos ; the 
Parrot’s Beak, or the Corcovado, which rears aloft 
its mighty head more than two thousand feet above 
the level of the sea. These lofty hills, so varied in 
colour and outline, are densely wooded, but the 
