. Early Mackinac. A sketch historical and descriptive . u come ujoon patches of the delicatewild strawberry with its aromatic Havor, the wildrose, the blue gentian, profuse beds of daisies,said to be of the largest variety in America, thecurious Indian pipes, luxuriant ferns in darknooks, forever hidden from the sun. and thickestcoverings of moss on rocks and old tree always, from every quarter and in everydirection, are to be seen the great waters of thelakes, so many seas of Sweetwater, as they weredescribed by Cadillac, the early French commanderin this region—Huron to the east
. Early Mackinac. A sketch historical and descriptive . u come ujoon patches of the delicatewild strawberry with its aromatic Havor, the wildrose, the blue gentian, profuse beds of daisies,said to be of the largest variety in America, thecurious Indian pipes, luxuriant ferns in darknooks, forever hidden from the sun. and thickestcoverings of moss on rocks and old tree always, from every quarter and in everydirection, are to be seen the great waters of thelakes, so many seas of Sweetwater, as they weredescribed by Cadillac, the early French commanderin this region—Huron to the east and Michiganon the west, with the Mackinac 3traits between,and all so deep, so pure, so beautifully colored;and whether in the dead calm, when smooth as shimmering and glistening in the in the silvery sheen of the moon at night, oragain tossing and billowing in the storm—alwajsexercising the j^ower of a spell upon the in sight, too, are the neighboring islands,standing out in the midst as masses of living green;. IN THE WOODS. CURIOSITIES IN STONE. 141 and the light- ho ases with their faithful, friendly-night work; and the young cities on the twomainlands in opposite directions; and always thejDicturesque old fort. Then, scattered over theislands are glens, and dells, and springs, and fan-tastic rock formations, (rock-osities they weresometimes facetiously called in early days.) Manyof these formations are interesting in a geologicalpoint of view as well as for their marked appear-ance and their legendary associations; and two ofthem, Sugar Loaf and Arch Rock, have been muchstudied by scientists, and are pictured in certaincollege text books to illustrate the teachings ofnatural science. On the eastern part of the island y^ou come oncertain openings which the earlier French term-ed Grands Jardins. Schoolcraft says no residentpretended to know their origin; that they hadevidently been cleared for tilling purposes at avery early da3% and t
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