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Mineralogy of East Tennessee. 
State of Tennessee from her mother State, about the 36th _ 
parallel of latitude. The temperature of the water is about 
95° of Fahrenheit. 
On the opposite side of the river from the springs is a geolo- 
gical curiosity. A limestone rock is seen dipping under the 
sandstone which forms the country. Limestone is no where 
else to be seen within six miles of this place. In this limestone 
rock is a cave, similar to others already described. 
Paint Rock, in the vicinity of the Warm Springs, is interest- 
ing on many accounts. It isa bold precipice on the bank of 
French Broad river. At this place, the river passes with a 
very rapid current directly across the course ef a mountain, 
which terminates abruptly, and forms the precipice on the 
north bank of the river. On looking at the rock, the opposite 
end of the mountain, and the ruins around it, the mind is in- 
sensibly carried back to the contemplation of some dreadful 
commotion in nature, which probably shook these mountains te 
their bases. 
The rock is composed of clay-slates and it is here again 
hemarkable, that this stone is not to be seen in any other place 
within some miles. It has received its name from some red 
paintings, (probably left on it by the Indians,) which have the 
4ppearance of hieroglyphics. 
To conclude. It will be seen from the above observations, 
that this country presents a vast field of most interesting 
» nh, and claims the attention of every traveller who is 
interested at all in geological inquiries. If what has been said 
will at all contribute to the enlargement of the general stock : 
of our knowledge on these subjects, the writer will be much 
gratified ; and it is his sincere wish, that the accuracy of his 
remarks may be tried, and his mistakes corrected, by the 
researches of succeeding travellers 
