. Robert Ramble's [pseud.] stories selected from the history of England, from the conquest to the revolution . d thelofty mountains of Darien, its putrid swamps, andalmost impenetrable forests. When they hadpenetrated a good way into the mountains, apowerful cazique appeared in a narrow pass, witha numerous body of his subjects to obstruct theirprogress. But men who had surmounted somany obstacles, despised the opposition of suchfeeble enemies. They attacked them with im-petuosity, and, having dispersed them with muchease and great slaughter, continued their their guides had repre
. Robert Ramble's [pseud.] stories selected from the history of England, from the conquest to the revolution . d thelofty mountains of Darien, its putrid swamps, andalmost impenetrable forests. When they hadpenetrated a good way into the mountains, apowerful cazique appeared in a narrow pass, witha numerous body of his subjects to obstruct theirprogress. But men who had surmounted somany obstacles, despised the opposition of suchfeeble enemies. They attacked them with im-petuosity, and, having dispersed them with muchease and great slaughter, continued their their guides had represented the breadthof the isthmus to be only a journey of six days,they had already spent twenty-five in forcingtheir way through the woods and of them were ready to sink under such un-interrupted fatigue in that sultry climate, severalwere taken ill of the dysentery, and other dis-eases frequent in that country, and all becameimpatient to reach the period of their labours andsufferings. At length, the Indians assured them,that, from the top of the next mountain, they >>• -i •. V U. (134) THE CONQUEST OF PERU. 125 should discover the ocean which was the objectof their wishes. When, with infinite toil, theyhad climbed up the greater part of that steepascent, Balboa commanded his men to halt, andadvanced alone to the summit, that he might bethe first who should enjoy a spectacle which hehad so long desired. As soon as he beheld the o South Sea stretching in endless prospect belowhim, he fell on his knees, and, lifting up his handsto heaven, returned thanks to God, who had con-ducted him to a discovery so beneficial to hiscountry, and so honourable to himself. His fol-lowers, observing his transports of joy, rushedforward to join in his wonder, exultation, andgratitude. They held on their course to theshore wTith great alacrity, when Balboa, advanc- •/ ing up to the middle in the waves, with his buck-ler and sword, took possession of that ocean inthe name
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