. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . the Rising Moon that throws its silverylight out in the voiceless midnight ; and on and on, until we arrive at the end of thecavern, and are refreshed by a glass of as sparkling water as ever gushed from upper-world fountain and made merry music in the glad sunlight. This subterranean spring is perfectly incrusted with stalactites and stalagmites; andan earthen jar kept in this par
. Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country . the Rising Moon that throws its silverylight out in the voiceless midnight ; and on and on, until we arrive at the end of thecavern, and are refreshed by a glass of as sparkling water as ever gushed from upper-world fountain and made merry music in the glad sunlight. This subterranean spring is perfectly incrusted with stalactites and stalagmites; andan earthen jar kept in this part of the grotto, where the water is constantly drippingfrom the ceiling, is incrusted with younger but similar concretions. The egress is somewhat varied from the ingress; and, in returning, the visitor isconducted to the Tower of Babel, or Magic Tower, a huge, columnar accretion, risingto the height of thirty feet or more, irregularly divided by strata at distances of tenor twelve inches, and fluted around by pillars an inch or more in diameter. The Tower of Babel is perhaps the most regular and symmetrical formation in allthis wonderful grotto, and most readily suggests the title it bears. It occupies the. CHAMBERS IN WEYERS CAVE. WEYERS CAVE, VIRGINIA. 219 centre of an apartment filled with indefinable figures, which may suggest statues, ghostsgoblins, or whatever will best please the fancy. Near this is the Oyster-Shell, consisting of two huge, shelving pieces of spar, of apeculiar grayish white, and absurdly resembling the late home of a defunct monster bi-valve. And Nature, to vindicate her providence, in close proximity to this fancifulconcretion, has placed Solomons Meat-House, from the fretted and groined roof ofwhich is suspended a Leg of Mutton—^a single instance of the old kings gastronomicpropensities. In prudent nearness to the Meat-House is Solomons Temple, or, as it isbetter known, the Shell-Room. In the centre of this apartment rises a massive columnof dazzl
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