But toiling our upward way, through trees and thorny shrubs, was excessively fatiguing.

About three o'clock in the evening we reached the picturesque grounds of Mountmellary Abbey.

We had then travelled thirty miles of mountain without any refreshments.

The well-known hospitality of the good brothers was a great temptation to men in our situation, pressed by toil and hunger.

But we felt that we possibly might compromise the Abbot and the brethren, and determined on not making ourselves known.