Our road to-morrow will be up through the glen from which the river issues.

All day a most objectionable hot wind has been blowing, and clouds of smoke and ashes from the fires, and masses of dust from the loose soil ploughed up by the horses in front of us, and blowing in our faces, made it one of the most disagreeable days I ever passed.

At night, however, a contrast obtained--the wind dropped, and a calm, clear, and beautiful night succeeded to the hot, smoky, and dusty day.

Vega alone gave me my latitude here, close to the mouth of the glen, as 24 degrees 25' 12"; and, though the day had been so hot and disagreeable, the night proved cold and chilly, the thermometer falling to 24 degrees by daylight, but there was no frost, or even any dew to freeze..