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creek or its tributaries, which meander through a broad and 

 very fertile valley. The ascent is easy on the south side, 

 where a good road could be made. On all other sides, the 

 brow is surrounded by a perpendicular wall of white sandstone, 

 often 100 feet high. The summit, for nearly 200 acres in ex- 

 tent, is nearly level, and heavily timbered with oak, hickory, 

 pine, and the usual growth of the valleys. The soil is very 

 rich and light, and nearly resembles the alluvial sands on a 

 river bank. On the centre of this plain is another of about 12 

 acres in extent, and 200 feet high. This is also remarkable 

 for the fertility of its soil, and is crowned with immense forest 

 trees. Here, too, in places, may be seen immense walls of 

 sandstone, which look as if they had for ages been washed by 

 the ocean's surges. On the extreme summit, and near the 

 eastern side, may be seen the ' Giant's Tomb.' It consists 

 of an immense block of ' Pudding Stone,' which rests upon a 

 smaller mass of ' White Sandstone.' 1 have no doubt that, 

 at no very distant day, the enterprising proprietor of the 

 springs will cause a carriage road to be constructed to the 

 summit of this mountain, whither both the gallant and the fair 

 will resort to catch the invigorating mountain breezes, and 

 gaze over the vast expanse of field and forest, of valley and 

 mountain, which will thus be brought within their view. 



" Taking every thing into consideration, I know of no spot 

 on the wide earth for which nature has done more than for 

 this beautiful ' Vale of Springs.' The waters are indeed 

 'waters of life' — life -restoring and life-preserving. They 

 were the favourite resorts of the Indians, who upon leaving 

 the country endeavoured to destroy them, by driving plugs of 

 wood into the apertures in the slate. Some of these, in a re- 

 cent examination of the springs, were found to be completely 

 petrified. They cannot fail, with proper accommodations, to 

 attract annually thousands of visiters. 



Yates Springs, five miles from the Medicinal Springs, gush 

 from a beautiful hill. 



Crayfish Spring is twelve miles from the Medicinal Springs. 

 Here is water as fine as ever gushed from rock. In depth it is 

 15 feet, and 200 feet wide. 



There is a pond in Chattooga Valley, called the Round 



