text:  The day was very hot--the soil was a red ironstone--there was no shelter from the pervading sun--and the ascent was on an inclination of at least one foot in six; at last however urged on by a desire to enjoy the prospect--and the lunch--and also with a malicious intention shared by the whole party to walk our companion to death we surmounted all difficulties wound round a rocky eminence at the top and suddenly found ourselves on a beautifully wooded platform six or seven hundred feet above the river and in the enjoyment of the most surprising view we ever saw