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the same mornino-. As we did not find o-ood chap. 
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horses here, we prevailed upon the postilhons ■ . _ . 
who came with us to continue the journey as 
far as Kinnin, distant thirteen hours beyond 
Salatroick. We left Salatroick at half after four 
A.M. From this place to Kinnin^ the road may Kmnin. 
truly be considered as an y^lpwe Pass ; except 
that the mountains are covered, even to their 
summits, with trees : and the views, although 
in some instances grand and striking, are not to 
be compared, in this respect, with those in the 
j4lps. The more distant mountains appeared 
loftier, being covered with snow. After travel- 
ling eight hours and a half, we came to Perichan: perkhun. 
the roads were in such a state that it was with 
difficulty we could proceed. We found a bridge 
broken in our route, which it took us an hour 
and a half to repair ; and, after all, we passed at 
the risk of breaking: the leo's of our horses. At 
a more favourable season, the distance between 
Salatroick and Kinnin is reckoned as only equal 
to six hours. From Perichan to Kinnin the 
distance is five hours, through a rugged moun- 
tainous defile. The forests and the views, in 
this part of the passage, are very grand. We 
crossed over a rapid river, to Kinnin, the last 
place in the dominions of the Prince of Wa la- 
ck i a. Soon after leaving Kinnin, a peasant. 
