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[[page top right]] July 12 [[/page top right]]

The Mountains north of H. & then worship in the Great Temple the Creator of the World. At 9 o'clk A.M. myself & companion Sterry were landed up a beautiful bay one mile north of the George H. by a Boat's crew. Bidding this crew to return according to their instructions, we commenced to ascend the mountain - The morning was fine - Sun was out in all its glory as if to worship also the Great 1 [[superscript]] st [[/superscript]] Cause. We had not proceeded far before the musquitos were around us in [[strikethrough]] Swarums [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Swarms [[/underlined]]! Fortunately I was prepared for them, at least so far as face, eyes, neck & chin were concerned, having long hair on my head - [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] & a full complement of whiskers & moustache, ^ [[insertion]] where they should be [[/insertion]] Sterry covered his head ^ [[insertion]] & face [[/insertion]]  with a silk handkerchif leaving 2 little peep holes thru [[strikethrough]] for see [[/strikethrough]] it. Up we went - here & there we found pure [[insertion]] [[strikethrough]] ^ cold [/strikethrough]] [[/insertion]] sparkling ^ [[insertion]] cold [[/insertion]] water dancing down the  [[strikethrough]] rocks [[/strikethrough]] the mountain side[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] Now & then we would stop & drink deep of [[strikethrough]] this [[/strikethrough]] these precious streams. Steep after steep we mounted; but at what cost! The sun poured hot its rays, upon our backs.
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[[page top left]] Thursday 1860 [[/page top left]]

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Sterry was in shirt sleeves - had been wise & left his coat at the vessel; but I was obliged ^ [[insertion]] now [[/insertion]] to adopt his plan [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] - to go on with coat off! This proved a blessing to the Musquitos - & to me so far as less clothes the more comfortable as to temperature. Between the Sun & Musquitos there seemed an alliance to [[strikethrough]] decl [[/strikethrough]] declare ^ [[insertion]] & persecute [[/insertion]] war upon Sterry and myself.  All we poor souls could do was to push [[underlined]] upward [[/underlined]] with the hope that by thus doing we would get into regions where the one cannot exist & the other is harmless. Our bodies soon became weary - the steepness of our way was such that one slip - one false step would prove fatal to the one who made it. Thanks to thee O God that Thou hadst grown profusely upon the mountains,  patches of ^[[insertion]] thick leaved [[/insertion]] sorrel that refreshed us greatly as we rested - & we thank Thee too that Thou ha^[[insertion]] d [[/insertion]]st placed here & there ^ [[insertion]] for [[the?]] weary traveller [[/insertion]] mossy beds covered over by thy smiling flowers - beds that surpass in easing the limbs of the recumbent ^ [[insertion]] all [[/insertion]] the [[strikethrough]] bes [[/strikethrough]] beds apart.

Transcription Notes:
(L1 H. = Holsteinborg - the port they were in) L2. 'World' is not underlined - it is the cross of the 't' in the word below. Reproduce as written - so replaced "and" with "&" as used in original text.