. The New England magazine . ich Thomas Jefferson caused to bebuilt in 1775 for the two slaves whom hesent there to minister to the needs of visitors. The original grant of the Bridgewas made to Jefferson. After he waspresident, he again visited it, surveyedthe place with his own hands, and madethe first map. In 1845, a volume of great value wassomehow destroyed. It was the Bookfor Sentiments, which Jefferson placedin the cabin to be written in by the few extracts which were saved areany sample of its excellence, the bookmust have been wellnigh priceless. Be-sides the autographs of s
. The New England magazine . ich Thomas Jefferson caused to bebuilt in 1775 for the two slaves whom hesent there to minister to the needs of visitors. The original grant of the Bridgewas made to Jefferson. After he waspresident, he again visited it, surveyedthe place with his own hands, and madethe first map. In 1845, a volume of great value wassomehow destroyed. It was the Bookfor Sentiments, which Jefferson placedin the cabin to be written in by the few extracts which were saved areany sample of its excellence, the bookmust have been wellnigh priceless. Be-sides the autographs of such men as VanBuren, Monroe, Marshall, Clay, Jackson,Houston, Jefferson himself (George Wash-ington, while an engineer for Lord Fair-fax, kindly left his mark carved onthe rocks under the bridge,) there musthave been some very good reading con-tained in their impressions. Marshallspoke of Ciods greatest miracle instone ; Clay of the bridge not madewith hands, that spans a river, carries ahighway, and makes two mountains Saltpetre Cave. There are few additional fragments of moreor less value, but they are only the cliffs is the nameless grave of thestranger who flung himself from the bridgein 1843, and whose uneasy spirit is said tostill hang about the place. Out in the public road again, andanother gate leads to Pulpit Rock. Thishuge crag projects perceptibly beyond itsown base ; its summit is protected by a 602 THE NATURAL BRIDGE OF VIRGINIA. railing, and thence one sees the arch,about thirty feet away, and somewhathigher than ones head. The oppositecHffs, hung with vines, show all their in-finite variety of color, and from thegorge comes a moaning, as of manyvoices rising to a pitch of hitensity,trembling with the sweetness of a troubledsong, or sinking to a sob. It is only thereverberation of the winds, and the im-peded water below. The public road utilizes the Crayon does not exaggerate whenhe describes the visit of his party : They then stoo
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