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the day after our arrival with the Partons
& Mrs Russell & Romaine who came from
there in the early boat to join us - Those
of the party who were hungry breakfasted at
L- and at 10 some of the party were on
horseback & Miss Parsons in the chaise
à porteur & I & baby in another on our
way to ascent a mountain where we
enjoyed a superb view & quite a decent
dinner - The ascent was not fatiguing
& well worth accomplishing - but the
descent was more grand than I fancied
& almost frightened me to death. I held
myself in the chair with one hand & to keep
baby on my lap with the other was an effort
that almost broke my legs as well as arms -
I was thankful when I was dropped at
L- & seated comfortably in a carriage on
our way home again - Jenny was good
as possible all the while, she slept almost
the entire time & cried not at all - A
man who had been a guide among
these mountains more than 30 years said
he had never seen so young a traveller
Part of Jane Bigelow Diary, 1859-1860