The past and the present . Happy Valley. NEWPORT. 79 when fully readied one may scarcely find inNew England. In some geological agony ofthe ages gone, some fierce shock or upheaval,this deep, yawning fissure in the rocks tookits exciting altitude. The chasm is 160 fefetin length, from S to 1-4 feet in width, andover 60 feet deep. Here linger diabolicallegends and wizard stories to make yourhair stand on end and your voice to stick inyour throat. DiSE. The latter is indeed a peaceful ra-vine among the wild and seemingly turbu-lent rocks that nearly enclose it as a the east of Paradise t
The past and the present . Happy Valley. NEWPORT. 79 when fully readied one may scarcely find inNew England. In some geological agony ofthe ages gone, some fierce shock or upheaval,this deep, yawning fissure in the rocks tookits exciting altitude. The chasm is 160 fefetin length, from S to 1-4 feet in width, andover 60 feet deep. Here linger diabolicallegends and wizard stories to make yourhair stand on end and your voice to stick inyour throat. DiSE. The latter is indeed a peaceful ra-vine among the wild and seemingly turbu-lent rocks that nearly enclose it as a the east of Paradise the splinteredrocks and stone have received the name ofParadise Lost. Near Hanging Rocks isWhitehall, the house built by Berkeleynearly a century and a half ago. The portrait painter, John Smibert,Italy, came to America with Berkeley, and. Lands End. Wiseacres will greatly entertain you withmarvelous accounts of this weird andcharmed spot; how, for instance, his hoofedand horned Majesty, who here had a sum-mer resort if not his home, in an hour ofdomestic infelicity chastised a sinning squawby madly hurling her into this chasm, sohotly angered in the effort as to leave theprint of his fiery foot in the solid legend is that a fair and doubtingdamsel, tested the tender proposition of herlover, by requiring that he should leapacross the top of the dizzy gulf. The chal-lenged nobly performed the feat and thenturning, politely waved the damsel a finaladieu. These stories have their wholesomemorals. The Hanging Rocks are sometimes termedBerkeleys Seat, since tradition has it that,seated in the shadow of this huge mass ofangular rocks, the Bishop planned andpenned his celebrated poem and some of hisremarkable writings on idealism, such as The Minute Philosopher. The legend-wreathed spot is near Sachuest Beach, and
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