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itate of Tennessee from her parent state, about the 36th 

 parallel of latitude. The temperature of the water is about 

 95** of Fahrenheit. 



On the opposite side of the river from the springs is a geo- 

 logical curiosity. A limestone rock is seen dipping under the 

 Sandstone which forms the country. Limestone is nowhere 

 else to be seen within six miles of this place. In this lime- 

 Stone rock is a cave similar to others already described. 



Paint Rock, in the vicinity of the Warm Springs, is interest- 

 ing on many accounts. It is a bold precipice on the bank of 

 French Broad river. At this place the river passes with a 

 very rapid current directly across the course of a mountain, 

 which terminates abruptly, and forms the precipice on the 

 north bank of the river. On looking at the rock, the opposite 

 end of the mountain, and the ruins around it, the mind is in- 

 sensibly carried back to the contemplation of some dreadful 

 Commotion in nature, which probably shook these mountains 

 to their bases. 



The rock is composed of a clay slate ; and it is here again 

 remarkable, that this stone is not to be seen in any other place 

 within some miles. It has received its name from some red 

 paintings, (probably left on it by the Indians,) which have the. 

 appearance of hieroglyphics. 



To conclude. It will be seen from the above observationSj 

 that this country presents a vast field of most interesting re- 

 search, and claims the attention of every traveller who is in- 

 terested at all in geological inquiries. If what has been said 

 will at all contribute to the enlargement of the general stock 

 of our knowledge on these subjects, the writer will be much 

 gratified ; and it is his sincere wish, that the accuracy of his 

 remarks may be tried, and his mistakes corrected, by the itt^ 

 searches of succeeding travellers 



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