1| SALT MINES, 303 
Of p'j'^'^^alizetl. The salt mines of CracoWj and 
Chesh; 
th 
roj merit a particular description. 
Salt mines of cracow. 
'‘avern’d round, in Cracow’s mighty mines, 
Scq„' walls a go-rgeons city 6hir.cs : 
>11 the briny rock long streets extend 
Oo^vr, course, and glittering domes ascend • 
linpp, ^bcir bright sleeps, emerging into day, 
0’(,f fountains hurst their Iieadlong way, 
Atgj ^”l>-whitc vales in ivory channels spread, 
l''o|,p , l”ldcring seek tlieir stibterraneous bed. 
Tiip “ in pellucid salt, with chissd nice, 
IViiii if i^'np glittering thrmigh the scuiptiir’d ice. 
Apj 'id reverted eyes fair Lotia stands, 
I’‘‘''ads to heaven, in vain, licr glassy hands : 
Ai|([ condense upon her pearly breast, 
l’ai. Z'' nig lc.ir rolls lucid down her vest. 
lifa,r ?^niiug o’er the town, ‘.ransparent fanes 
hoiij, . 'n» white towers, and wave their golden vanes 
Agj j.‘nes of lustres pour tlieir trembling rays, 
Hi bright vault resoiuids witir mingled hlazc. 
Darwin. 
,1 -- city excavations are about five miles distant 
id ^ small town named Wielicza, 
; %le undermined, the cavities reaching to a 
J''ihe, beyond ils limits. Tlie length of tlie 
tliousand feet ; its 
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ft to the depth and length of them, 
K* huft'-'i’to lining yet unknown, and their breadth 
Ntt There are at present ten shafts, 
the ^.®P'’ing discovered throughout the 
'lypt]*!' .d^i'th to south, two thousand ; and its 
,vV 'P ,1 hundred : but the veins of salt are not 
Sy Ills bottom, the visitor is surprised to 
'’’'^l^fe^raneous commonwealth, consisting of 
ftby ^ ^'key^j kave their peculiar laws and polity, 
tft'e to public roads and carnages, horses being 
is uP'"' salt to the raouUis of the mine. 
i 'siy, '■H at h engines. These horses, w'hen 
I'.'li;?'’; 'Instillation, never more see the light 
eiauy of the people seem buried alive 
“'itj itaviug been born there, and 
m 
never 
e others are not denied fi'equcnt oppor- 
