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of Hie (iod of the Winds, \\hicli were confined by him in a cave; and there is quite as 



much reason Cor supposing the eave on this mountain to have 1 n the place where they 



\\ere imprisoned, as to locate it in the tar inferior mountain of Stromboli. Wo too can- 

 no! resist the temptation to apply a name so euphonical and appropriate to this elegant 

 rock, so like the Carrara marble, which probably skirts the western base of some of tho 

 Apalaehian ridges from Canada to Alabama. 



If the proprietors of tho marble quarries on this mountain should yield to a similar 

 1em jilalion, Eolian marble may become as famous in tho future history of this country as 

 the Carrara, marble has been in that of Italy. Wo do not know wherein tho former is 

 inferior to the latter. 



lateral pressure, l.caviipj; the quarries, we ascended to within about seven or eight hundred feet of the summit, where we found a sort 

 ol 1 lalilc "riinml ami :in cnoi limn:. cave, in lln> solid marble. \\, was here we proposed In take a stand mid shoulder 111" responsibility (if 

 KII failii-r l<i Iliis mountain. When all had arrlvnd and order was restored, Mr, 0. II. Hitchcock commenced the services of rhriHlening 

 \\illi ,i few liricf remarks, relative In I ho birth, growth, an<l niiil.niilv (if the iimiiiilain, inriilioiiin;'.. :il o, the lirnllii>rhn(id (if mountains for 

 which Amherst hoys had become tho sponsors. Then with his geological hummer ho broke the bottle he held in hiH hand (thereby 

 reminding us of Qidoon and his troop), and tho mountain was christened with tho sprinkling of water, which flowed from its own 

 marble heart, 



MOUNT EOLU8. 



" A Her this ceremony, Mr. Field, who accompanied the class up tho mountain, made a brief address, stating his pleasure in the occa- 

 .sinn, ami his conviction Ih.-ii the iiiiinn would be a permanent one. 



" A striking little episode next followed, In which four personifications of the winds came blowing and whirling among tho crowd, 

 enough to make us all shiver. It in needless to state that tho most gaseous personages In the class were selected for thin purpose. 



" A poem wax then read by one of tho number, giving some sketch of the life of the winds and their keeper, Eolus. We have not 

 been able to obtain a line of (his for publication. 



" After the poem, an ode, written by W. M. Pomoroy, was sung, to tho good old air of " Mount PIsgah." The cold mountain air rung 

 well as the song came out. 



" The ceremonies of christening over, we proceeded to enter the cave, with candles In hand and cautious feet beneath. Down, down 

 we wont into the marble bowels of the mountain, and nobody knows how far wo might have gone, had time or courage permitted. We 

 made the cavern ring with our songs, and sundry jokes made our voices ring with laughter till we were obliged to make our way out 

 and down the mountain. 



" Perhaps it would be well to state our reasons f*r giving the name of Eolus to tho mountain. It is a fact that, In some kinds of weather 

 air is pei cen od i,> lilnw I'M mi tho cave, and it is very easy to imdcrsland how wo found here a resemblance to tho cave In which the 

 ancient Eolus kept the winds restrained, or sent them out at his pleasure. Homer makes the winds to have had their residence la 

 Thrace, if we haven't forgotten our Greek, and Prof. Tytlor says, Thrace is any rough, hilly country ; hence It Is easy for us to establish 

 oiu ilicory, for no certain knowledge ever prevailed but that thin wan the mountain, and this the cave, In our New England Thrace, where 

 Eolus kept tho winds, or sent them out by tho stroke of his inverted spear. 



" K,|uino\ is a mountain in full view from Eolus, and is said to have been so named from Its being covered with clouds about the time 

 ni' the equinoxes. In order that Eolus might receive a recognition from its nearest neighbor, It was voted to give him a letter of Intro- 

 duction to Equinox. 



" NVarly cast, of Hoi us in Ml. Stratton, one of the Green Mountain range, on which, In 1840, was held the greatest political gathering 

 ever held in Vermont. Webster was present, and so great was the enthusiasm that tho people camped out over night. 



" On arriving at the foot of the mountain w learned Ihat our expenses In East Dorset were nothing to us, for which we heartily thanked 

 tho people and cheered them, though not half so well as their kindness cheered us. By the kindness of Mr. Field we were allowed to 

 I, iin : , ;IWMV line specimens of tho Eolian marble. 



" Through the same gentleman we received a very kind invitation from Mr. Orvls, of the Equinox House, In Manchester, to spend tho 

 Sabbath with him l.s. We returned sincere thanks for liis kindness, and regretted that duty should call us In another way. 



The t, 'inflation to stay away another day from our ALMA MATKB was great, but we resisted. Mr. Field kindly offered to have tho fol- 

 lowing engraved in the marble over the mouth of tho cave: 



MOUNT EOLUS. 



CLAM or '01. 



AMIIKKHT Cor.iKOB. 



October 18th, 1860, A. D. 



" At length, after a farewell shout for Eolus and Dorset, wo entered tho cars and started for homo. Wo returned to Amhorst very 

 weary, but satisfied l.lial we never had a more glorious lime." 



We have a special ol.jod in Diving these details. In New England generally, and certainly In Vermont, are many noble mountains that 

 have no established name, and many more whose names are simply those of tho towns in which they arc nituatod, and many others whose 



