y I *’REC1 PICE op the table MOUNTAIK. 207 
accustomed to travel these 
^ ® stp ^ ® degree of horror on reaching the top 
j^«r, declivity. Without being checked by their 
S ®Pur*^u ®'°PP<2d 5 and if he inadvertently endeavoured 
on, they were immovable until they had 
, be , ®'®selves in a secure posture. They seemed truly 
''^d -.^'^tuatprl - . - . 
^ ^ ^ WkJ 1.W4& W» A ** j ^ k A V«*^ 
tuated by reason ; for they not only viewed the 
?Ue, 
ti[)j^'^''^"'6lyj but trembled and snorted at the danger — 
.. . te[j ."^hich inspired the party with the most dreadful 
Li'''selv Indians went before, and, placing 
to ■ th the sides of the mountain, where they 
^'bl ti,g foots of trees, animated the beasts with shouts, 
On'^^ere^ started down the declivity. 
'^*be some parts where the declivities were not 
precipices ; but tlie road was so narrow and 
to '* "'j a a Ptecipices ; 
the sides nearly perpendicular, that the danger 
equal. The track being extremely narrow. 
a .sufBcient width of road to admit die mule 
if die former had fallen, die latter would 
li^ Sacr/ , been crushed, and, for Avaiit of room to 
if ^ t'tttself, would have been mutilated in his 
l to (-Q had escaped with life. It was 
ov what exactness these 
ik*^’ vvp,.„ '^“tne the first emotions of their fear, and when 
egoi,,™ _ stretched out 
escaped with life. It was traly wonder- 
animals, aftei 
tn h)tp to slide down the declivity; 
'fitin to the end that they might preserve their 
yj-atg^’ "^'he gentle inclination they made with die 
af distance, in following the several wind- 
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'>t‘ 
foad. 
.1 ^Stly ,, . ^ 
h,i. ioii)’ address in stopping themselves at the end 
petuoug career, was truly deserving of obsei-va- 
'■ prudence and conduct could not have been 
was 
also a mark of surprising sagacity ; 
^’‘bik,p;reate, 
”'^dby 
titan ! 
1 
OF TIIK T.ABLK MOCXTAIN, 
SOOTH CAROLINA. 
ilrnlFbCalg. fountain, situated in 
'■‘'^'Juiain, suuatea in Pendleton District, in 
'be I ®t v,'^' presents an aw’ful precipice of nine huii- 
^ ew persons who have once cast a glimpse into 
'' f(i-p,/’^®hless abyss beneath, can again exercise siif- 
f'de to approach the margin of the chasm. 
