272 MINES, METALS, AND GEMS. 
only, and other artificers in wood, with ^ed 
tory abounds. One evening, a cooper having 
ub under a dropping spring, to try if it wouW i 
on returning next morning, found it so hea'^' “ 
scarcely move it. He at first was led by his 
.suspect that the tub was bewitched ; but p® 
length a shining fluid at the bottom, 
which he was unacquainted, he collected it, 
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he 
,d; 
to an apothecary at Laubach, who, being au 
dismissed him with a small recompense, reques s’ 
would not finl to bring him further ®'^PP 'feso 
The .subterraneous passages of the great mine [jir jj 
live, that it would require several hours to P'ytiag 
them. The greatest perpendicular depth, coWP psi* i 
the entrance of the shaft, is 840 feet; but as 
advance horizontally under a high rnountaiUj ffO 
would be much greater if the measure a 
advance horizontally under a high uiouutai » 
would be much greater if the measure were 3 ^ 
surface. One mode of descending the shaft to ’ ^|j,v 
but as the entrance Is narrow, the bucket is 
against the sides, or to be stopped by some oo ^ 
it may be readily overset. A second rnoclo o^|.S>L/ 
is safer, by the means of a great number °* li‘>%|' 
obliquely, in a kind of zig-zag: as the ^'*4'’, 
are wet and narrow, a person must be ^tirs® 
he steps to prevent his falling. In the c , , 
descent, fliere are several resting placM, ' 
tremely welcome to the wearied trayellei- r 
the subterraneous passages the heat is so 
occasion a profuse sweat; and in several ot 
" ' that several 
air 
.. profuse 
v.'as formerly so confined. 
suffocated by an igneous vapour, or gaseo“j / 
called the fire-damp. This has been prevente 
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tire main shaft deeper. Near to it is a k ? ^ 
an hydraulic machine, by which the mine is 
To these pernicious and deadly cavein ^gpti. tv 
occasionally banished by the Austrian 'L, 'j 
has sometimes happened that this punishtf 
allotted to persons of considerable rank qouO‘,V 
incident of this natme, in tlie person , 
laid the foundation of Mr. Sargent s ei o ^ 
poem entitled “ THE MINE.” 
The Count having fought a duel with 
;pl, against the Emperor’s command, and **" 
