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our return. At Jougne we supplied ourselves with provisions,
and then proceeded through valleys, each narrower than the
last, more dismal with pine-, and more ther kered with snow.
The air of dcsolation, here andl there rendered mo're striking
by the dreary !sttlementy of' the 'harciual-burners. would have
been impressive enough it ou-r muinls bLai. not bh.l I'ull ior the
great rngro, and thrrttbure disposed to ,i'.w ,t:..rythiing "ith his

 The saerne was exva'ily xwhat I have .lhri rili,.d in my story,
except that a '-,.'Yl r'a-l, umal'e ir'.: T..ur-airmt', thin-, Aow
passes round anl up the op.poitt -idte of the rO'xk I'ruim that by
vwhih,. he m:ount'-i.. The ,ld ri.''a., narrow an]d srt p, r.-miain4;
and w d.-., ronile.l Il. it.
 We reached the court-yard without liti.ultyv p'tsin: the two
drawbridges and port, ulli ds,:ribed. The co:uintandant was
alisent; and his lieutenant diltl-irn-d against nur cc.ing anything
more than the great wheel, and a small -...ti.n -.i' th1. battle-
ments. But Ibr great pc-r-evran, we -liuld ha%. -v, inith-
ing more ; but we ohtainJ. at lait, all we vw-intl:. W\, pan.-.ed
thnr ugh the allt andl iaii-ag':- I lhan~- .l'.s rill. annI th'-r-
oughly e.xamint.l the i' ll. N... w rin .' .an ..*'ntv a -ii:' ',i its
dlrearinccs. I hate sxag"'.-rated ri,.,thini. Tl,. dim l ght, th"
rotten tlior, shining like a l"i>d, thi.- i.rip at i at,.r, thi.: falling
flak-s ol' ;ee., w.-re all th:r' TIh. irowv %LLa- renm..v I; but we
were shown where ir tiurdl.
 There were only three pe-jnrsn who pre:t:en'll to pi, es any
inlurmlation nrn.:rningi tuhe negro pri-oni-r. ThI. ..Iir wbo
was our principal "gii'l aippleared n.I cr itr to have hear-d i.f him.
A tery old man in the village, to wihmni we w.rre rLl:rreud, oe..uld
tell us nothing but oni: liat, whi.h I knr.w ll::.: re; that Toui'-
saint was deprived ot' his -t-rvant -in:m. time tl.' 1l;.-r- i- iea.th.
A woman in the satler' dlepartnr nt of' tb.h 1.'rtre"u.i pr t[icled
to know all about blih; bbut 1l:! hal. nv,.-r -i:en liiun, and had no
lrnrther titl- io: nuilh,'rt than thit I hur i -,baw I hal l]d : li in
the Saint l)jnting.' iora.i..n. SheI dll u. th; ,n'>] e-iri..-e of
pointing uut the- gra ., hot', %. r '1he Lri,'kao'rk whil.ih sur-