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DELAWARE CREEK 
a ledge of rocks some ten or twelve feet. How any 
wheeled vehicle ever got through here it was difficult 
to imagine. After an examination of the place, it was 
thought most prudent to take out the mules, which were 
led around the side of the defile, or through a chasm 
in the rock. We then took two ropes, and attached 
them to the hin^ axletree of the carriage. Wells, the 
driver, a stout and athletic man, took the tongue and 
guided the carriage over the precipice, while we let it 
carefully down by the ropes. In this way it was got 
over in safety, and deposited on the gravelly bed of 
the defile. The mules were now hitched up again, 
and we continued our journey along the same sort of 
road for about a mile. This was an exceedingly grand 
and picturesque spot, differing from any thing we had 
seen on our route. On both sides the gray limestone 
