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Rh below to the jagged tops above, in every direction, feathering down to, and hanging over, the rushing water. The only safeguard for the hardy being advancing to this awful Brig, are upright, broken, irregular pieces of rock, which form a winding natural parapet; and having the spray constantly falling upon them, are covered with moss; and fern, and all sorts of aquatic weeds cling about them. It requires some strength of head to creep round this path; the huge mass of rocks to the right is woody to the top; to the left is a precipice of perpendicular jagged rocks, at the bottom of which the rushing cascades contend with each other which shall first dash through the chasm, sixty feet beneath the spectator. After passing this winding path, of a foot and a half wide, I came to the bridge, which struck me with astonishment and admiration. The rocky bank on the other side of the bridge, is on a level with the flat projecting part of the rock, on which the path to the bridge is worn. The chasm between the two rocks, over which the bridge is laid, cannot be wider than four or five yards. Before I ventured upon the bridge, I stood trembling to gaze and admire; for I could not help shuddering, though I was highly gratified with the whole scene. Before me