2^ Phyfical and Mifcellaneous 



Way equal Impreflions, leaveth Them in the Shape of Cones, 

 or Hemifpheres ; which, (being fix Foot high and a little more 

 or lefs of the fame Diameter,) the Arahs maintain to be fo 

 svpfo^eduhemzxvj Tents of their Predeceflors , turned into Stone. But 

 Do^u'watd-f.when thefe Rocks, befides their ufual foft chalky Subftance, 

 contain likewife fomeLayers of harder Matter, not fo eafy to be 

 dilTolved, then, in Proportion to the Refiftance the Water is 

 thereby to meet with, we are entertained with a Confufion 

 of Traces and Channels, diftinguifhed by the Arahs into Sheep, 

 Camels, Horfes ; nay, into Men, Women and Children, whom 

 they fuppofe to have undergone the like Fate with their Habi- 

 tations. I obferved, that the Fountains which afforded this 

 Water, had been frequently flopped up: or rather, ceafing 

 to run at one Place, broke out immediately in another: which 

 Circumftance feems not only to account for the Number of 

 Cones, but for that Variety likewife of Traces, that are con- 

 tinued from one or other of thefe Cones or Fountains, quite 

 down to the River Zenati. 

 TheGroinidu- This Placc, iu riding over It, giveth back fuch a hollow 

 't^^JVoUow!' Sound, that we were affraid every Moment of fmking through 

 It. It is probable therefore that the Ground below us was 

 hollow : and may not the Air then, which is pent up within 

 thefe Caverns, afford, (as we may fuppofe, in efcaping conti- 

 nually through thefe Fountains,) that Mixture offlirill, mur- 

 muring and deep Sounds, which, according tothediredion of 

 the Winds and the Motion of the external Air, iffue out along 

 with the Water ? The Arahs (to quote their Strength of Ima- 

 gination once more) affirm thefe Sounds to be the Mulick of 

 the \yenoune\ Fairies, who are fuppofed, in a particular Man- 

 ner, to make their Abodes at this Place, and to be the grand 

 Agents in all thefe extraordinary Appearances. 

 The uurtijia- There are other natural Curiolities likewife at this Place. 

 tktjTivatcrs. por the chalky Stone, being diffolved into a fine impalpable 

 Powder and carried down afterwards with the Stream, lodgeth 

 Itfelf upon the Sides of the Channel, nay fometimes upon the 

 Lips of the Fountains themfelves ; or elfe, embracing Twigs, 

 Straws and other Bodies in It's Way, immediately hardeneth 

 and flioots into a bright fibrous Subftance, like the AsheftoSy 

 forming Itfelf, at the fame Time, into a Variety of glittering 

 Figures and beautiful Chriftaiizations 



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