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Remarkable Instance Of An Unfathomable Lake Disappearing.
REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF AN UNFATHOMABLE LAKE DISAPPEARING .
[ FROM DR . BAUMGARTEN , PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HALL , IN SAXONY . !
ON one of the mountains , not far distant from the Danube , there was , no longer ago than the last century , a lake , of a " small extent , but of an unfathomable depth , and consequently without any visible ebb or flux . The sides of it were covered with trees and shrubs . At present there remains not the least trace of a lake . If was overgrown , by degrees , with weeds and rushes . Their roots interminglinggained strengthand increased the number of plants .
, , The leaves and dust driven thither by the wind , remaining on the surface , and consolidating into a kind of earth , produced other plants , of which probably the seeds were likewise carried thither b y the wind : in short , the whole lake was covered with a crust of such thickness , as to bear walking on , though some years ago , it could be penetrated with polewhich was violently repelled bthe water
a , y underneath . Now , if ' this assemblage of leaves and dust should continue to gather for two or three hundred years , this crust will acquiresuch solidity , that instead of any marks of a subterraneous lake , it will be covered with large trees .
Curious Account Of The Characters, Customs, And Manners , Of The Savages Of Cape Breton.
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERS , CUSTOMS , AND MANNERS , OF THE SAVAGES OF CAPE BRETON .
C TKANSLATED FROM A FRENCH MANUSCRIPT , WRITTEN I ? , ' T 749 . J
[ CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST /] HP-HE men having thanked their entertainer , the women make their ¦ " appearance . They are introduced by the eldest in company who holds a large piece of the bark of a birch tree in her hand , the very hardest that can be found , and using it as a kind of tabor ( thou » h the sound be somewhat disagreeable to the ear ) she excites , the youn » -
people to dance . After which she makes a speech in her turn , addressing herself to the men . ' You who look upon us of a frail sex and of course subordinate to you in all its wants , know that , in my own sphere , the Creator has endowed me with abilities and accomplishments fully equivalent to yours . I have been the mother of . great warriors , of excellent huntsmen , of voyagers who have been expert
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Remarkable Instance Of An Unfathomable Lake Disappearing.
REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF AN UNFATHOMABLE LAKE DISAPPEARING .
[ FROM DR . BAUMGARTEN , PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HALL , IN SAXONY . !
ON one of the mountains , not far distant from the Danube , there was , no longer ago than the last century , a lake , of a " small extent , but of an unfathomable depth , and consequently without any visible ebb or flux . The sides of it were covered with trees and shrubs . At present there remains not the least trace of a lake . If was overgrown , by degrees , with weeds and rushes . Their roots interminglinggained strengthand increased the number of plants .
, , The leaves and dust driven thither by the wind , remaining on the surface , and consolidating into a kind of earth , produced other plants , of which probably the seeds were likewise carried thither b y the wind : in short , the whole lake was covered with a crust of such thickness , as to bear walking on , though some years ago , it could be penetrated with polewhich was violently repelled bthe water
a , y underneath . Now , if ' this assemblage of leaves and dust should continue to gather for two or three hundred years , this crust will acquiresuch solidity , that instead of any marks of a subterraneous lake , it will be covered with large trees .
Curious Account Of The Characters, Customs, And Manners , Of The Savages Of Cape Breton.
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERS , CUSTOMS , AND MANNERS , OF THE SAVAGES OF CAPE BRETON .
C TKANSLATED FROM A FRENCH MANUSCRIPT , WRITTEN I ? , ' T 749 . J
[ CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST /] HP-HE men having thanked their entertainer , the women make their ¦ " appearance . They are introduced by the eldest in company who holds a large piece of the bark of a birch tree in her hand , the very hardest that can be found , and using it as a kind of tabor ( thou » h the sound be somewhat disagreeable to the ear ) she excites , the youn » -
people to dance . After which she makes a speech in her turn , addressing herself to the men . ' You who look upon us of a frail sex and of course subordinate to you in all its wants , know that , in my own sphere , the Creator has endowed me with abilities and accomplishments fully equivalent to yours . I have been the mother of . great warriors , of excellent huntsmen , of voyagers who have been expert