Paul and Virginia . ached home, and by the assurance of theirsafety tranquillized the minds of their parents. After dinner they were much embarrassed by the recol-lection that they had now no guide, and that they wereignorant of the way. Paul, whose spirit was not subduedby difficulties, said to Virginia, The sun shines full upon our huts at noon : we mustpass, as we did this morning, over that mountain with itsthree points which you see yonder. Come, let us bemoving. This mountain was that of the Three Breasts, so calledfrom the form of its three peaks. They then descendedthe steep bank of th
Paul and Virginia . ached home, and by the assurance of theirsafety tranquillized the minds of their parents. After dinner they were much embarrassed by the recol-lection that they had now no guide, and that they wereignorant of the way. Paul, whose spirit was not subduedby difficulties, said to Virginia, The sun shines full upon our huts at noon : we mustpass, as we did this morning, over that mountain with itsthree points which you see yonder. Come, let us bemoving. This mountain was that of the Three Breasts, so calledfrom the form of its three peaks. They then descendedthe steep bank of the Black River on the northern side,and arrived, after an hours walk, on the banks of a largeriver, which stopped their further progress. This largeportion of the island, covered as it is with forests, is evennow so little known that many of its rivers and mountainshave not yet received a name. The stream on the banksof which Paul and Virginia were now standing rollsfoaming over a bed of rocks. The noise of the water. THE PASSAGE OF THE RIVER. PAUL AND VIRGINIA. 85 frightened Virginia, and she was afraid to wade throughthe current. Paul therefore took her up in his arms, andwent thus loaded over the slippery rocks which formedthe bed of the river, careless of the tumultuous noise ofits waters. Do not be afraid, cried he to Virginia; I feel verystrong with you. If that planter at the Black River hadrefused you the pardon of his slave, I would have foughtwith him. What! answered Virginia, with that great wickedman? To what have I exposed you! Gracious heaven! howdifficult it is to do good ! and yet it is so easy to do wrong. When Paul had crossed the river he wished to continuethe journey carrying his sister; and he flattered himselfthat he could ascend in that way the mountain of theThree Breasts, which was still at the distance of half a league ; but his strength soon failed, and he was obliged \ to set down his burden and to rest himself by her then said to him, M
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