The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . FORT Bastion Northwest Bastion—Bridge to Barbacan—Ancient Chimney. 42 The Standard Guide. we should have no further nor serious difficulty. To reach tlie hole was the firstobject. In order to effect this, we from time to time cut up the forage-bagsallowed us to sleep on, and made them into ropes. The hole I conld not reachwhen upon the shoulder of my companion ; but while standing upon his shoulder,I worked a knife
The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . FORT Bastion Northwest Bastion—Bridge to Barbacan—Ancient Chimney. 42 The Standard Guide. we should have no further nor serious difficulty. To reach tlie hole was the firstobject. In order to effect this, we from time to time cut up the forage-bagsallowed us to sleep on, and made them into ropes. The hole I conld not reachwhen upon the shoulder of my companion ; but while standing upon his shoulder,I worked a knife into a crevice of tlie stonework, ai far up as I could reach, and upon this I raised myself to the aperture,when I found that, with some reduction ofperson, I could get through. In order to re-duce ourselves as much as possible, we tookmedicine five days. Under the pretext ofbeing very sick, we were permitted to obtainthe roots we required. For some weeks wewatched the moon, in order that the night ofour attempt it should be as dark as the proper time we commenced the medi-cine, calculating upon the entire disappear-ance of the moon. The kee
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