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Companions— "Curiosity" that quality
So Seldom found among the fair
Might perhaps have added a little
to reconcile her to a situation of which
she so much complained before that
String was touched; for She, who
but a Short time before was all tongue
was now all Eyes in watching my
my outlandish fashion of making
crooked marks in a book as we
passed along:— a practice which
not withstandin^g the remarks and Wonder
it has excited, I have Steadily
adhered to — even while we moved
thro' Space at the Rate of 10 miles an
hour— Having Now reached the
Summit of this high ridge that
divides Yorksh^r & Lancashire—
we Stopped a moment for the
horses to breathe— during which
time I took a Survey around me
! . ! . ! . ! . ! . ! . ! . ! It would
be in vain for me to attempt
a description— for those who
have not seen cannot appreciate
the feeling it inspires, to be
as it were "upon a high mountain
and Shown"— a part of this
Great "Kingdom"— But if the