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SKETCHES OF CREATION. 



vated, into which the surges have rolled with the deafen- 

 ing reverberations of a sea-coast "purgatory." The prin- 

 cipal plateau of the island is limited at nearly all points by 

 an abrupt wall dropping down into the deep waters of the 

 lake. Here is a beetling cliff, one hundred and forty-five 

 feet high, called " Lover's Leaj3," connected with a senti- 

 mental Indian legend. In another place is " Chimney 

 Rock," one hundred and thirty-one feet high, and in an- 

 other, " Robinson's Folly." At "Arched Rock" (Fig. 86), 



on the eastern side, 

 towering one hun- 

 dred and forty feet 

 above the lake, the 

 fierce waves, unable 

 to reach the solid 

 and unyielding 

 brow of the preci- 

 pice, have mined be- 

 neath it, perforating 

 the limestone wall; 

 and a natural 

 bridge hangs there, 

 with one end rest- 

 ing on a winged 

 abutment stretch- 

 ing toward the lake. 

 All round the walls 

 of this castellated 

 and charming isl- 

 and the recording 

 waves have left 

 their hieroglyphs, 

 from the water's 



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Fig. 86. Arched Kock, Mackinac Island. 



edge to the battle. 



