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an easy prey to the skill and industry 
of man. 
The adventurous islander who first as¬ 
cended the holm, and shewed the possi¬ 
bility of joining it to the Island, from an 
excess of bravery, met with an untimely 
end. Disdaining to pass over in the 
cradle, and trusting that the same ex¬ 
pertness which had conducted him to the 
summit of the rock, would enable him to 
descend to its base,—he fell and was kil¬ 
led. 
Qucm si non tenuity magnis tamen excidit ansis . 
It may be observed, that both men and 
horses are transported over the rapid 
rivers of South America in a similar man¬ 
ner. Vid. Ull. Voyage de V Amerique, vol. 
1. p. 358. 
As there is a considerable discrepancy 
in authors as to the height of this rock, 
and the breadth of the chasm; and not 
having nay self an opportunity of examin- 
