that evening , after settling down into their quarters , and then dining on the fine food that coe wina had to offer , a treat after several days of climbing and descending the old smoko with low rations , basha stared out one of the many windows in its great hall across a rugged landscape , full of hills and mountains in the distance , with so many dips or vales in between them , similar to the sight that he had seen upon the heights of old smoko , although everything had looked so much smaller up there .