. Encyclopedia of natural and artificial wonders and curiosities including a full and authentic description of remarkable and astonishing places, beings, animals, customs, experiments, phenomena, etc., of both ancient and modern times, in all parts of the globe : comprising correct accounts of the most wonderful freaks of nature and arts of man . THE GIANTS CAUSEWAY,A stupendous collection of natural columns of basalt, on the coast of Ireland.—Page THE SPECTRE OF THE BROKEN.—Page 420,Tins wonderful nud startling phenomenon is often observed in the Hartz Mountains in Gei-manf THE GAUNTS,
. Encyclopedia of natural and artificial wonders and curiosities including a full and authentic description of remarkable and astonishing places, beings, animals, customs, experiments, phenomena, etc., of both ancient and modern times, in all parts of the globe : comprising correct accounts of the most wonderful freaks of nature and arts of man . THE GIANTS CAUSEWAY,A stupendous collection of natural columns of basalt, on the coast of Ireland.—Page THE SPECTRE OF THE BROKEN.—Page 420,Tins wonderful nud startling phenomenon is often observed in the Hartz Mountains in Gei-manf THE GAUNTS, OR INDIAN APPENINES. 421 the landlord of the Broken, and having both put ourselves inthe same jDosition I had taken alone, we looked towards theAchterniannshbhe, but saw nothing. We had not, however,Stood long-, before two similar colossal figures were formedover the above eminence, which, after repeating the variousgesticulations of our bodies, vanished. We, however, stillretained our position, keeping our eyes fixed on the samespot, and in a little while the two figures again stood beforeus, and were joined by a third, who had by this time addedhimself to our company. Every movement that we made bybendino- our bodies, these figures imitated,—but with thisdifference, that the phenomenon sometimes was weak andfaint, and at others strong and well defined. Having thus had an opportunity of discovering the wholesecret of this extraordinary appea
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