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not in the State, and is a beautiful and healthful stream, keep¬ 
ing within its own banks at all stages of flood. Along 
its banks, in places, there is strikingly varied and romantic 
scenery. Narrows creek, interlocking its head branches with 
those of Lloney creek in the west, flows north-easterly and 
joins the Baraboo at Excelsior, near the middle of the county. 
Honey creek flows south-easterly and joins the Wisconsin in 
the south part of the town of Prairie du Sac. Dell creek rises 
in the north, and runs south-east six or seven miles, then turn¬ 
ing north-east about the same distance, joins the Wisconsin at 
Newport. It has good mill power, and runs through remarkable 
gulches, in which are interesting caves in the sand rock. The 
whole county is well watered with streams, and many good mill 
sites remain unoccupied. Among the streams are the Little 
Baraboo, Otter, Skillet, Pine, Seeley’s, Twin, Leach and Big 
creeks. 
The lakes are few and not large. Spirit Lake, about two 
and a half miles south of Baraboo and one and three-fourths 
south of the foot of Baraboo Rapids, is' a great natural curi¬ 
osity. It lies embedded in the hills some 400 feet below their 
surface, with the steep and perpendicular rocks on its east? 
south and west sides, from the top of which it appears like a 
horizontal mirror in the bottom of a deep crater, and covers an 
area of about one square mile. It is said to be about 70 feet 
higher than the village of Baraboo. Those steep, craggy rocks 
.around its shore, together with the grandeur of the scenery 
around, the beauty of its face, the purity and unknown depth 
of its water, the whiteness of its sand, never fail to excite the 
admiration of all who visit it; and it is a noted place of resort 
for parties of pleasure, and will become eminently so, as pop¬ 
ulation increases. 
The proportion of prairie in this county is not large. Sauk 
Prairie in the south-east part contains about 16 square miles, 
and is bounded on the north by the Baraboo bluffs, on the east 
and south by the Wisconsin river, and on the west by a range 
of hills and bluffs, and is highly productive. Spring Green 
Prairie in the south-west, is of lighter soil generally, and of 
