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wards, which was erected with $13.50
much labor in 1904 (?) and stands
in a sheltered spot near the
primaeles of rock which form
the Porte d' Enfer (21.46.A)
The hut is a simple affair of
one room, containing a table in
the middle and a bench around
three sides, but it is a welcome
shelter from the rain which often
falls on the mountain and from
the keen wind which sweeps over
the summit and chills one to
the bone in the pervading damp-
ess. We spent two nights
here on this occasion in com-
parative comfort, sleeping in
canvass cots swung from
the roof timbers. Our negroes
slept on the bench, but one of