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pears to have been broken by some violent shock of 

 nature. It is removed from the main rock or moun-* 

 tain about 20 feet, and the opposite sides so exactly 

 smt each other, that one need no othet' proof of 

 their having once been united. The point brokea 

 "ofF contain about half an acre, and is covered with 

 ■wood. The height of the rock on each side the fis- 

 sure, is about 12 feet. Round this point is a spacious 

 bay, sheltered from the south-west and north-west 

 iF/inds by the surrounding hills and wood. On the 

 '^vest side are four or five finely cultivated farms, 

 Yvhicli altogether at certain seasons and in certain 

 situations, forms one of the most beautiful landscapes 

 imaginable. Sailing und«cr this coast for several 

 miles before you come to the split rock, the moun- 

 tams rude and barren, seem to hang over the pas- 

 sengers and threaten destruction. A water, bound* \ 

 less to the sight, lies before him ; man feels his own 

 Ihtleness, and infidelity itself pays an unwilling ho- 

 ^i^age to the creator. Instantly, and unexpectedly, 

 the scene changes, and peeping with greedy eyes 

 'through the fissure, nature presents to the view a 

 silver bason. ...a verdant lawn. ..an humble cottage..* 

 a golden harvest.^. .a majestic forest... .a lofty moun- 

 tain.. ..an azure sky. ...rising one above another in 

 just gradation to the amazing whole.*' * 



In the south-east part of Lake Erie, 20 rods from 

 the shore, where the water is four feet and a half 

 ^ep ; is a curious spring which boils up from the 

 bottom, and is inflammable when a brand is thrust 

 yinto it, and proves a powerful emetic when di^anka 

 It has been named Ether spring. 



* Mr. Woolsey.o.Morse. 



