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SKETCHES OF CREATION. 



vate d, into which the surges have rolled with the deafen 

 ing reverberations of a sea-coast &quot; purgatory.&quot; The prin 

 cipal plateau of the island is limited at nearly all points by 

 an abrupt wall dropping down into the deep waters of the 

 lake. Here is a beetling cliff, one hundred and forty-five 

 feet high, called &quot; Lover s Leap,&quot; connected with a senti 

 mental Indian legend. In another place is &quot; Chimney 

 Rock,&quot; one hundred and thirty-one feet high, and in an 

 other, &quot; Robinson s Folly.&quot; At &quot;Arched Rock&quot; (Fig. 86), 



on the eastern side, 



towering one hun 

 dred and forty feet 

 above the lake, the 

 fierce waves, unable 

 to reach the solid 

 and unyielding 

 brow of the preci 

 pice, have mined be 

 neath it, perforating 

 the limestone wall ; 

 and a natural 

 bridge hangs there, 

 with one end rest 

 ing on a winged 

 abutment stretch 

 ing toward the lake. 

 All round the walls 

 of this castellated 

 and charming isl 

 and the recording 



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waves have left 

 their hieroglyphs, 

 from the water s 

 Fig. 86. Arched Rock, Mackinac Island. edge to the battle. 



