hoped afterwards to reap a rich harvest.

I stood on the heights of Thibet; and the sun I had lately beheld in
the east was now sinking in the west. I traversed Asia from east to
west, and thence passed into Africa, which I curiously examined at
repeated visits in all directions. As I gazed on the ancient
pyramids and temples of Egypt, I descried, in the sandy deserts near
Thebes of the hundred gates, the caves where Christian hermits dwelt
of old.

My determination was instantly taken, that here should be my future
dwelling. I chose one of the most secluded, but roomy, comfortable,
and inaccessible to the jackals.

I stepped over from the pillars of Hercules to Europe; and having
taken a survey of its northern and southern countries, I passed by
the north of Asia, on the polar glaciers, to Greenland and America,
visiting both parts of this continent; and the winter, which was
already at its height in the south, drove me quickly back from Cape
Horn to the north. I waited till daylight had risen in the east of
Asia, and then, after a short rest, continued my pilgrimage. I
followed in both the Americas the vast chain of the Andes, once
considered the loftiest on our globe. I stepped carefully and
slowly from one summit to another, sometimes over snowy heights,
sometimes over flaming volcanoes, often breathless from fatigue. At
last I reached Elias's mountain, and sprang over Behring's Straits
into Asia; I followed the western coast in its various windings,
carefully observing which of the neighbouring isles was accessible
to me. From the peninsula of Malacca, my boots carried me to
Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Lombok. I made many attempts--often with