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round then other split into thousands of fragments. These appear to have been thrown from the Peak during some irruption. Some of these stones were at least 100 feet in diameter and were so hard that I could strike fire with a piece the same as from a flint. thro this Pumice we found it rather hard riding as our horses sank up to their knees at every step and tho cold and uncomfortable in the shade the sun beat down on our heads so that we felt our faces fairly burn again. After ascending the whole extent of this plane we agin commenced a steep and difficult ascent going in a zig zag path steping three feet ahead and sliping two back. Until we got to a place known as the English resting place. The English resting place is a flat spot about 7 miles from the Peak and is protected from the wind by three or four large rocks that have fallen near together as it was quite cold up here and we all were pretty hungry we sent our guides out to collect us wood from the shrubs that were growing around built a fire cooked