The caverns of Luray : an illustrated guide-book to the caverns, explaining the manner of their formation, their peculiar growths, their geology, chemistry, etc. . fitfully far away across the hot fieldsthroughout the idle, dreamy day—unhappy the man that cannot find a cer-tain charm in these things. They awake a dim echo in our souls of therustic lives of our ancestors. We find in them the pabulum of our highestemotions, inspiration for better living, and nobler thinking. City life tires,deadens, exhausts. We become one-sided, evil, set in bad habits, whichthe necessities of country life effe
The caverns of Luray : an illustrated guide-book to the caverns, explaining the manner of their formation, their peculiar growths, their geology, chemistry, etc. . fitfully far away across the hot fieldsthroughout the idle, dreamy day—unhappy the man that cannot find a cer-tain charm in these things. They awake a dim echo in our souls of therustic lives of our ancestors. We find in them the pabulum of our highestemotions, inspiration for better living, and nobler thinking. City life tires,deadens, exhausts. We become one-sided, evil, set in bad habits, whichthe necessities of country life effectually break up. We return to town inthe autumn with increased physical, mental, and moral strength to renewand accomplish the tasks of life. 11 Luray is a good central point from which the historiographermay visit the numerous battlefields of the Valley and Piedmontregion of Virginia. Within a few miles are Kernstown, FrontRoyal, Winchester, Strasburg, New Market, Cedar Creek, CrossKeys, and Port Republic. Charlestown, the scene of JohnBrowns trial and execution, is in easy reach. There are sev-eral interesting mounds, built perhaps by the famous mound-. GOING TO THE CAVERNS. builders, within two or three miles of Luray. For several yearsrepresentatives of the Smithsonian Institution have been en-gaged in examining them. Luray is within easy reach of Raleigh, Capon and JordanWhite Sulphur Springs, and is on the direct line from northerncities to the famous Greenbrier White Sulphur, Old Sweet, RedSweet, Warm Springs, and other prominent Virginia watering-places, and the wonderful Natural Bridge of Virginia. 12 A CHAPTER OF EXPLANATION. Scopulis pendentibus antrum :Intus aquae dulces, vivoque sedilia saxo. Geologically, the limestone (dolomite) in which the cave isfound, is to be assigned to the Canadian or Middle Period ofthe Lower Silurian, and to the Quebec, the Middle Epoch ofthat period—to No. II., b., of Rogers series. The stratum* of argillaceous limestone constituti
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