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Description Of The Peak Of Teneriffe.
snow , procured , among ancient writers , the name of Nivaria for the whole island . On this summit was another extensile plain , not clothed like the green mountain , with perpetual verdure ; but loaded with irregular huge masses of black lava , scattered round , not the least trace of vegetation being visible on this dreary waste , except now and then a solitary cytistuspeepingwith its feeble and half-withered
, , branches , through the fissure of the rock . The violence of the wind continued , the rain increased , and the very apex of the Peak beganto be obscured with clouds . At length it became equally difficult for the mules to stem the current of the wind , and for the riders to keep their seats .
They already , however , had ascended about two thousand feet above the place where they had passed the night ; but now the muleteeis became refractory , and endeavoured tq ~ prevent any exertions for forcing the animals to go on . The cold was by the thermometer at thirty-six degrees , and together with the sleet , almost took away tlie power of holding steadily the reins . In the course of this tempest Mr . Hamilton was literall y blown off his horse . Dr . Scot , who
happened to be well mounted , pushed boldly forward towards the basis of the cone , till he was lost , to the rest , in the thickness of the mist . Dr . Gillan endeavoured to follow , but the wind actually forced his mule to the edge of a steep precipice , where fortunately she fell into a bed of volcanic ashes , or both must inevitabl y have gone down the precipice , and perished . No effort could afterwards stimulate the mule to move forwards a single step . Another ran under the shelter of a large mass of lava , where she equally remained immoveable .
The resource now left was to tie all the horses and mules to the neighbouring rocks ( for the muleteers and guide had already disappeared ) and to proceed on foot , along avalle 3 ' , whose ascent was gradual , tothe bottom of the great pyramid , from whence the Peak arose , as from a second cone . But the plan , after repeated efforts to proceed , soon proved to be impracticable . The surface being a continued layer of li ght pumice-stones and ashesthe body sunk
consider-, ably at every step , and a dust issued from the pressure , emitting a sulphureous and suffocating smell , which obstructed respiration . The tempest , at the same time , raged with augmented violence ; the thermometer was down to the freezing point : the drops of rain fell half congealed , and were observed to have a saltish taste . [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]
Account Of A Remarkable Sleep-Walker.
ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE SLEEP-WALKER .
FROM THE REPORT OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF LAUSANNE ,
nPHE disposition to sleep-walking seems , in the opinion of this - " - committee , to depend on a particular affection of the nerves which both seizes and quits the patient during sleep . Under the in , fluence of this affection , the imagination represents to him the oh-
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Description Of The Peak Of Teneriffe.
snow , procured , among ancient writers , the name of Nivaria for the whole island . On this summit was another extensile plain , not clothed like the green mountain , with perpetual verdure ; but loaded with irregular huge masses of black lava , scattered round , not the least trace of vegetation being visible on this dreary waste , except now and then a solitary cytistuspeepingwith its feeble and half-withered
, , branches , through the fissure of the rock . The violence of the wind continued , the rain increased , and the very apex of the Peak beganto be obscured with clouds . At length it became equally difficult for the mules to stem the current of the wind , and for the riders to keep their seats .
They already , however , had ascended about two thousand feet above the place where they had passed the night ; but now the muleteeis became refractory , and endeavoured tq ~ prevent any exertions for forcing the animals to go on . The cold was by the thermometer at thirty-six degrees , and together with the sleet , almost took away tlie power of holding steadily the reins . In the course of this tempest Mr . Hamilton was literall y blown off his horse . Dr . Scot , who
happened to be well mounted , pushed boldly forward towards the basis of the cone , till he was lost , to the rest , in the thickness of the mist . Dr . Gillan endeavoured to follow , but the wind actually forced his mule to the edge of a steep precipice , where fortunately she fell into a bed of volcanic ashes , or both must inevitabl y have gone down the precipice , and perished . No effort could afterwards stimulate the mule to move forwards a single step . Another ran under the shelter of a large mass of lava , where she equally remained immoveable .
The resource now left was to tie all the horses and mules to the neighbouring rocks ( for the muleteers and guide had already disappeared ) and to proceed on foot , along avalle 3 ' , whose ascent was gradual , tothe bottom of the great pyramid , from whence the Peak arose , as from a second cone . But the plan , after repeated efforts to proceed , soon proved to be impracticable . The surface being a continued layer of li ght pumice-stones and ashesthe body sunk
consider-, ably at every step , and a dust issued from the pressure , emitting a sulphureous and suffocating smell , which obstructed respiration . The tempest , at the same time , raged with augmented violence ; the thermometer was down to the freezing point : the drops of rain fell half congealed , and were observed to have a saltish taste . [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]
Account Of A Remarkable Sleep-Walker.
ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE SLEEP-WALKER .
FROM THE REPORT OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF LAUSANNE ,
nPHE disposition to sleep-walking seems , in the opinion of this - " - committee , to depend on a particular affection of the nerves which both seizes and quits the patient during sleep . Under the in , fluence of this affection , the imagination represents to him the oh-