"Nor was it possible to be in this situation without contemplating the wonders of it.

Such was the depth of the precipices below, and the height of the mountains above, with the rude and wild magnificence of the scenery around, that I shall not attempt to describe such an astonishing and awful combination of objects....

Even at this place, which is only, as it were, the first step towards gaining the summit of the mountains, the climate was very sensibly changed.

The air that fanned the village which we left at noon, was mild and cheering; the grass was verdant, and the wild fruits ripe around it.

But here the snow was not yet dissolved, the ground was still bound by the frost, the herbage had scarce begun to spring, and the crowberry bushes were just beginning to blossom." Eventually they found their canoe, and the property which they had left behind, in perfect safety.