He evinced the deepest interest in our fate, and accompanied us for several miles next morning.

It was Sunday; the cold and wet of the previous evening had given way to calm and sunshine; and we made rapid way along the slopes of the Comeraghs--thence to the Knockmeldown mountains, having one main object in view--to place the greatest distance possible between where we were to rest that night and where we had last slept.

The greatest difficulty we experienced was in passing deep ravines.

The steep ascent and descent were usually wooded and covered with furze and briars.

Far below gurgled a rapid and swollen mountain stream, which we crossed without undressing, and always experienced the greatest relief from the cold running water.