Winchester 



was not indeed at the place where it is said to have 

 happened, but that having had the command of the 

 regiment at that time, he should probably have been 

 informed of it. What credit therefore is to be given 

 to it, the reader must judge for himself. 



5. Sixty miles southward of Augusta court-house, 

 a natural arch, or bridge, joining two high moun- 

 tains, with a considerable river running underneath. 



6. A river called Lost river, from its sinking under 

 a mountain, and never appearing again. 



7. A spring of a sulphurous nature, an infallible 

 cure for particular cutaneous disorders. 



8. Sixteen miles north-east of Winchester, a nat- 

 ural cave or well, into which, at times, a person 

 may go down to the depth of 100 or 150 yards; 

 and at other times the water rises up to the top, and 

 overflows plentifully. This is called the ebbing and 

 flowing well, and is situated in a plain, flat country, 

 not contiguous to any mountain or running water. 



9. A few miles from hence, six or seven curious 

 caves communicating with each other. 



A day or two before I left Winchester, I discovered 

 that I had been robbed by my servant: he confessed 

 the fact, and pleaded so little in justification of him- 

 self, that I was obliged to dismiss him. This dis- 

 tressed me very much, for it was impossible to hire 

 a servant in these parts, or even any one to go over 

 the mountains with me into the lower settlements. 

 However, by the politeness of the commander of the 



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