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(1859) [MARC] Author: W. Mattieu Williams
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upon the face of the precipice formed by the splitting
down of the barrier mountain before referred to ; it was
a giddy path, but I kept along it, placing my feet upon
the worn ledges and clinging to other ledges above, until
I came to a tree which grew upon a ledge similar to those
I had stepped upon, but much wider, and which seemed
to be the end of the track 1 was following. Some
initials cut upon the tree, as triumphant indications of
the carver’s exploit in reaching it, rather confirmed the
notion that I had only followed a track leading to this as
a station for viewing the waterfall and the whole of the
great chasm, which are well displayed from this point.

Concluding that such was the case, and that the other
ascending track leads to the Marie Stige, I was about to
return, when I saw far away below me, standing on a
large table of rock, five student-looking young men,
with a peasant, who appeared to be their guide; they
hailed me, and I returned their salutation, but could not
hear what they said. Then the peasant took off his
shoes, left them, and presently re-appeared moving along
the face of the precipice like a fly on a wall. His
means of adhesion were totally unintelligible from the
distance, but as he approached 1 perceived that he was
clinging by fingers and toes to narrow ledges of rock
from one to four or five inches wide. At last lie reached
me, and asked me whether I would accompany him
back, which I consented to do; though it appeared
rather a dangerous exploit: I found, however, that it
was much easier than it appeared to be from the
distance. The rock has a perpendicular lamination (and

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