. Book of the Royal blue . lie at itsfeet. There are many curious forms of boulderand ledge in these rocky heights. One isin the shape of a portico that bears strongresemblance to a huge camels head. Itstretches out from the cliffs over the ledgelike a great balcony. From a distance itappears a perilous undertaking to reach it,but as it is approached a safe passageopens to the porch, which itself is providedby nature with granite seats, from whence,free from obstruction, an extensive andmagnificent view of all that is possible fromthe cliffs is obtained. Presenting its unjirotected face to the
. Book of the Royal blue . lie at itsfeet. There are many curious forms of boulderand ledge in these rocky heights. One isin the shape of a portico that bears strongresemblance to a huge camels head. Itstretches out from the cliffs over the ledgelike a great balcony. From a distance itappears a perilous undertaking to reach it,but as it is approached a safe passageopens to the porch, which itself is providedby nature with granite seats, from whence,free from obstruction, an extensive andmagnificent view of all that is possible fromthe cliffs is obtained. Presenting its unjirotected face to thetempest, the cliffs are fre(iuently the targetsfor the thunderbolts of heaven. Until re-cently, on the top of Table Rock, lay abroad, smooth stone, like the covering ofa table. Here the cloth was spread, nowit is shivered in iiieces; the lightning gavethe blow that rent it asunder, and furnishedone clew in unraveling the secrets of naturein building these great heaps of bouldersthat makes this gap a wonder WEST VIRGINIA. BY H. L. SNYDER Slicpardslown Rcgiitter Read at the West Virginia Editorial Association Meeting atWebster Springs. September 20. 1905. From where the rippling Shenandoah, fairest Daughter of the Stars,By the toil of countless ages has torn down her rocky bars—From the vineyards of the Valley and its fields of wheat and corn—From the land of wine and honey, ruthless from its mother torn—
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