IS .loll n 



dermmed l.y (he rains, by the trickling of wafer 

 from the Springs, and ly the winter frosts. Half 



\\a\ ap the iteeps of these rocke which are a forma- 



tion principally o| sand Mini limestone, you often 



MM- large hole 1, like the months of vast. caves. Tim 



!i li li:i\\k builds In. 111 I on sonic li;dl' decaved 

 hemliM-k tree; and where the l>:iidx s\\;dlo\vs I-MH 

 lind c.-irlli, Iliry luiild I Imi I 1 nrsl ly hnnd n-ds, :ind 



Hi. MI- young are everywhere pokin..- oni Hu-ir l 



< )..i.i \ r.i no, >\ i MI liiN r.i; Sr LlWBENCE, 



.Inly 'JSlh, 1S-27. 



I \\rilc in Ilir midst of liurry :nul hnsll(> lo 

 (li.'il we .it.- :ill \\rll.Miul lli:il, llms l';ir, \\ilh llu^ 



exception i ' :i Little detention, our journey hns IXMMI 



a. plousant and ill) iinprovin;', one. This is :i vrry 

 boisterous hikr --MII inlnnd SCM. \\'r \VM-O driven 

 into S;n-k(Mt's IhirU.r l>y :i i'.:il<\ :>nd drl:iined tor 

 the j-rrMliT pnrt of ;i d;i\ . :in<l I \VMS innre s t M^irk 

 (il I may n>elhMl e\|>n^-ion of M lVe^h\v;iter Inke) 

 thnn 1 ever \\MS Ml sen. Tho ho;il \VMS m>od. MH! was 

 mmlo to stand tho gulcH >n this iMke . hnt the HIM 

 ehinery is miserable. 1'lvery now and then \ve \\viv 

 ohli'M-d to stop and tinktM- tlu^ hoiler, and if it .had 

 not Uvn tor M line bree/e lh:il favored IH vt'sltM-dMy. 



I do not know when we should havi'Mmynl. ! 

 terd.iv. however, \\e W(M-o npMid lor all our drl^n- 

 tionS, in the hi\'intitul. roniMiitie views presented by 

 (his sphMidid rivor thr St. I.Mwreneiv It h 

 elrn-aeter ptu nliar to ils,-lt',and no one that ever 



II Can I'Mi'.el it. Tim \\Mleix of llu lake MH* so clear 

 that \ on .-an see thirty or forty tcct down, and tho 

 shores are. ;M>nerally. bold and rui^vd no wetxls 

 no marshes, and seldom low grounds, consequently 

 it r- BUppOSed to ho more healthy than some of tho 

 other lakes. Cases, however, of fever and aiMieoeeur 



