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CROSSING
ness, could be compared with what we met with on
the first day of our journey. Frequently, you
would come to a place, which, at first glance, seemed
to present an impassable barrier to all further pro-
gress, but, on a nearer examination, you would per-
haps find a narrow pass between two rocks, through
which you might work your way, or the path would
run obliquely up the rocky steep, where, sometimes
by jumping and sometimes by scrambling, your
horse managed to get on, you hardly knew how.
I am persuaded that no horses, except those edu-
cated in these or similar regions, could by any in-
ducement be made to go over some places where
our horses carried us that clay. But to tell the
truth, there was seldom if ever any real clanger,
unless your horse should chance to fall, and in that
case you would not be safe on level ground. But
the horses that travel on these mountain paths, are
generally very sure-footed, and they seem as fully
aware as you can be of the importance of their
being careful in the use of their feet. After some
experience, I learned to have great confidence in
the skill and judgment of my horse, and did not
hesitate to trust myself wherever he was willing to
go. When we had ascended about four thousand
feet above the plain, the view presented to us was
CROSSING
ness, could be compared with what we met with on
the first day of our journey. Frequently, you
would come to a place, which, at first glance, seemed
to present an impassable barrier to all further pro-
gress, but, on a nearer examination, you would per-
haps find a narrow pass between two rocks, through
which you might work your way, or the path would
run obliquely up the rocky steep, where, sometimes
by jumping and sometimes by scrambling, your
horse managed to get on, you hardly knew how.
I am persuaded that no horses, except those edu-
cated in these or similar regions, could by any in-
ducement be made to go over some places where
our horses carried us that clay. But to tell the
truth, there was seldom if ever any real clanger,
unless your horse should chance to fall, and in that
case you would not be safe on level ground. But
the horses that travel on these mountain paths, are
generally very sure-footed, and they seem as fully
aware as you can be of the importance of their
being careful in the use of their feet. After some
experience, I learned to have great confidence in
the skill and judgment of my horse, and did not
hesitate to trust myself wherever he was willing to
go. When we had ascended about four thousand
feet above the plain, the view presented to us was