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a good supper spread our blankets and being rather tired was soon in a sound sleep. about 10 oclock some of the most wakeful of our party roused up all of us opened two or three bottles of wine and as we had to start for the Peak in an hour or so we ate a hearty supper drank to our own good healths and also to the friends we left behind us. We all found the mountain air very dry (our guides informed us it never rains up at that high and but seldom snows) besides which the least moisture evaporates very quickly on account of the rarity of the atmosphere, and we had constantly to keep wetting our mouths, by 12 we had all come to the conclusion that it was best to make a move. So each of us putting some-thing to eat in our pockets, we recommenced our journey for about one mile the pumice was very light and soft and very difficult to walk up after the Pumice came about 3 miles of rough stone all loose tho much better walking than the pumice after picking our