. Virginia in black and white . The hotel is well kept and thecharges moderate. Rockbridge Alum Springs.—This famous resort has accommodations for600 guests. The springs are celebrated for their many medicinal properties. 30 They consist of alum, chalybeate, and freestone waters, and are highlyvalued by the medical fraternity. The three large hotels and the surround-ing cottages make a little city. They occupy an elevation of 2,000 feet, andare in the center of a lawn of fifty acres, shaded by forest trees. Thesprings are reached by the Victoria Narrow Gauge Railway from Goshen,nine miles dist
. Virginia in black and white . The hotel is well kept and thecharges moderate. Rockbridge Alum Springs.—This famous resort has accommodations for600 guests. The springs are celebrated for their many medicinal properties. 30 They consist of alum, chalybeate, and freestone waters, and are highlyvalued by the medical fraternity. The three large hotels and the surround-ing cottages make a little city. They occupy an elevation of 2,000 feet, andare in the center of a lawn of fifty acres, shaded by forest trees. Thesprings are reached by the Victoria Narrow Gauge Railway from Goshen,nine miles distant. Luray Caverns.— Leaving for the present the wonderful springs region,Luray Caverns attract attention. The caverns are very large and marvel-ously beautiful. They are situated fifty-four miles from Basic City, up thefamous Shenandoah Valley. The stalactites and stalagmites form theweirdest, most fantastic shapes. Colossal statues are suddenly encoun-tered by the astonished explorer. Delicate images, the most exquisite. JAMES RIVER —Near Natural bridge, james river division. tracery, the glinting of myriads of diamonds, yawning abysses, labyrinthianpassages,make one feel that he has entered the region of enchantment. Natural Bridge.— But, after all, the wonder of wonders in Virginia, andthe most beautiful of all its thousand beautiful scenes, is the Natural the pen of the writer, the canvas of the painter, or the plate of the
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