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234 TRAVELS
direction of the current in fummer. Our guides went before us
in their fledge, and we followed clofe behind them with all the
precifion which an affair of fuch delicacy and importance re-
quires. Having come to a part of the river which was almoft
entirely open, we thought it would be imprudent to attempt to
pafs it. We had however no alternative, but either to return and —
travel five or fix miles by land, with all its known inconveniencies,
or paffing hard by a houfe, to make our horfes leap a barrier, and
drag the fledge over a heap of ftones, till we fhould arrive again
at the ice of the fame river. We chofe to prefer this laft mode
of proceeding ; the horfes cleared the barrier, we all gave our
affiftance to lft up the fledge and throw it on the other fide, and
we re-embarked on the ice clofe by a little mill. Having got
upon the ice, we were much {urprifed and concerned to find, that
we had given ourfelves all this trouble only to reach a place where
we had perils {till more alarming to encounter. The river was
open on both fides, and it was neceflary for the fledge to pafs over
a cruft of ice which had maintained itfelf in the middle, and un-
der which the water made a frightful noife. Our guides, who ven-
tured on it firft, affured us that there was no danger, and that
when we had croffed this piece we fhould have nothing more to
fear during the remainder of our journey. It was at the moment
a bitter pill to fwallow; but it promifed to procure us much
comfort afterwards. Although our guides had by this time got to
the other fide, our anxiety was not diminifhed ; we were unable |
to conquer the reluctance excited in our minds by the view and
noife
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