I passed along the western side of the lake, where the ground was easier, and when I had got about half way I expected that I should see the plains which I had already seen from the opposite mountains; but it was not to be so, for the clouds rolled up to the very summit of the pass, though they did not overlip it on to the side from which I had come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Erewhon] Reference

I had got about half way I expected that I should see the plains which I had already seen from the opposite mountains; but it was not to be so, for the clouds rolled up to the very summit of the pass, though they did not overlip it on to the side from which I had come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Erewhon] Reference

I passed along the western side of the lake, where the ground was easier, and when I had got about half way I expected that I should see the plain which I had already seen from the opposite mountains but it was not to be so, for the clouds rolled up to the very summit of the pass, though they did not overlip it on to the side from which I had come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Erewhon; or, Over the range] Reference