536 Sir george shuckburgh’s Obfervations 
A few minutes after our arrival our guides rejoined us : 
it was now night, and in this rather too artlefs habitation 
we were obliged to lay in a little loft over the cows, our 
beds fome leaves and clean hay, and my bolfter my port- 
manteau 1 fnJ . I had had the caution to bring fome fheets 
with me, and, being a little tired with my walking, flept 
five hours pretty foundly, though much ftarved, having 
no other curtains than what this wooden canopy afforded, 
through which the ftars fhone moft brilliantly. Between 
four and five we arofe; found the heavens beautifully 
ferene, and, having eaten fome of our provifions, left 
this habitation, which might be fituated about two-thirds 
of the way up the mountain ; and beginning our march 
about half after five reached the fummit a quarter before 
feven; but not without a good deal of climbing, and 
fometimes up an afcent of near 40° for feveral hundred 
feet. One of my fervants, before he got half way, found 
his head turn round, and himfelf fo giddy, at the height 
and precipices (a frequent effect in thefe fort of places) 
that he was obliged to return to the hut. In the 
afcent I faw the Sun rifing behind one of the neigh- 
(ft) * Frigida parvas 
Prseberet fpelunca domos, ignemque, laremque, 
» Et pecm, et dominos communi clauderet umbra ; 
Sylveftrem montana torum cum fterneret uxor 
Frondibus et culma. juv. Sat, vi. 
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