Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . ROCKBRIDGE ALUM. men for a game of ten-pins, Crayon climbed the cliit^ and was soonabsorbed in his favorite occupation. These springs are situated in the nortliwestern part of Kock-bridge county, on the main turnpike-road leading from Lexingtonto the Warm Springs, by which route they are usually approachedfrom east or west. The buildings are generally of brick, substan-tially built and well arranged. To the eye it is one of the pleas-antest places in the mountains. The charac
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . ROCKBRIDGE ALUM. men for a game of ten-pins, Crayon climbed the cliit^ and was soonabsorbed in his favorite occupation. These springs are situated in the nortliwestern part of Kock-bridge county, on the main turnpike-road leading from Lexingtonto the Warm Springs, by which route they are usually approachedfrom east or west. The buildings are generally of brick, substan-tially built and well arranged. To the eye it is one of the pleas-antest places in the mountains. The character of the water isvery like that of the Bath Alum, although chemists and physi-cians have discovered some difference in its analysis and applica-tion to diseases. The water is obtained in the same manner, bvcollecting the drippings from a slate cliff in little reservoirs ofstone and cement. The cliff here, however, is more imposing in 176 PORTE CRAYON AND HIS appearance, being eighty or nine-ty feet in height and nearly per-pendicular. Viewed from the summit ofthis bank, the lawn, inclosed bya semicircle of cottages, partial-ly shaded with trees, its greencarpet dotted with groups ofgayly-dressed visitors, presentsa pleasing and animated water in barrels and demi-johns, and pills manufacturedfrom its solid contents, are ex-tensively exported from thisplace, and bring a considerablerevenue to the proj)rietors. The journey from this placeto Lexington, over a well-gradedroad, was unmarked by any cir-circumstance worthy of recordeither by pen or pencil, except,indeed, the appearance of the House Mountains, around the basesof which they passed. This isolated and curious group rises to a considerable lieightabove the surrounding country, and is seen and remarked from a2:reat distance. The outlines of the mountains resemble those ofVirginia barns, or of old-fashioned hipped-roof houses. Hencethe name. The town of Lexington is beautifu
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