The road which it was necessary for the peddler and the English captain to travel, in order to reach the shelter of the hills, lay, for a half mile, in full view from the door of the building that had so recently been the prison of the latter; running for the whole distance over the rich plain, that spreads to the very foot of the mountains, which here rise in a nearly perpendicular ascent from their bases; it then turned short to the right, and was obliged to follow the windings of nature, as it won its way into the bosom of the Highlands.
Cowper Azt a félmérföldes utat, amelyen a házaló és az angol kapitány menedékhelyre juthatott, könnyű volt áttekinteni Henry Wharton nem régi börtönének bejáratától, mivel a termőföld síkján haladt a csaknem merőleges hegyek lábáig; itt hirtelen jobb kéz felé kanyarodott, s a Felföld szívébe hatolva már hozzáidomult a természet tagoltságához.