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a footing he sees below. Arrived there, we call out, 
sailor-like, “ Stand from under,” and we let him go. 
He lands safely, luckily for 
us. Now Roberts disap¬ 
pears over the ledge, then 
the rifles and our com¬ 
panion’s lunch. Roberts 
now mounts on Hayward’s 
shoulders, and we slip 
down first to one, then to 
the other man. Again we 
stand together in as difh- 
cult a position as before. 
After that comes the stream, 
and beyond lies the rug¬ 
ged ascent of the ravine. 
Again Hayward goes first, 
“ sweep fashion,” he calls 
it. Being a slender, active 
man he finds little difficulty 
apparently. With assist¬ 
ance we. follow, and we even¬ 
tually cross the stream, with 
no other hurt than a few 
bruises. Once over we fin 
less than we expected, and 
the trial of the ascent 
hasten forward with all 
