It was hard work walking, or rather pushing through these obstacles, and he rejoiced when he emerged upon the slope of a down where there was an open sward, and but a few scattered groups of firs.

The fact of it being open, and the shortness of the sward, showed at once that it was used for grazing purposes for cattle and sheep.

Here he could walk freely, and soon reached the top.

Thence the city was visible almost underneath him.
It stood at the base of a low narrow promontory, which ran a long way into the Lake.

The narrow bank, near where it joined the mainland, was penetrated by a channel or creek, about a hundred yards wide, or less, which channel appeared to enter the land and was lost from sight of among the trees.