The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-08-18

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his motions with the intelligence OF a hu'hah
being, and again rode off. But IN the last en-,
counter the Saracen had lost his SWORD ana
his quivcr of arrows, both OF which werc a',
tached to the girdle, which he was Obliged
to abandon. He had also lost his turban in
the struggle. These disadvantages seemed
to inchnc the Moslcm to truce: He ap-
preached the Christian with his right ha' a
extended, but no longer in menacing atti-
tude.
"There is truce betwi.t our nations, he
said, in the lingua franca commonly used tor
the purpose of communication with the CRU
sadcrs. "whereforc should there be war be-
twixt thee and mc?-I.et there be peace be-
twixt U.S.
81 am well contented answered he OF the
Couchant Leopard; "but what security
dost thou offer that thou wilt observe the
truce9'
"The word of follower of the Prophet
was never broken" answered the Emlr. ut
is thou, brave Nazarene, from whom should
demand security, did not know that trea-
son seldom dwells with courage"
The crusader felt, that the confidence OF
the Moslcm made him ashamed OF his own
doubts.
.By the cross of my sword" he said, lay
ing his hand OH the weapon as he spoke, II
Will be true companion to thee, Saracen,
while our fortune wills that VIC remain IN
company together"
"By Mohammcd. Prophet of God and by
Allsh, God of the Prophet" replied his
late foeman, "thcrc is not trcachcry in my
heart towards thee. And now wend we to
yondcr fountain, for the hour of rest is ut
hand, and the stream had hardly touched
my lip, when was!callcd to battle by thy
approach"
The Knight OF the Couchant Leopard
yielded ready and courteous assent, and
the late foes, without an angry look or ges-
ture Of doubt, rode side by side to the little
cluster of palm-trccs.
a writer in the Pensacola Gazette is en-
gagged in.dcscribing the natural curiosities
of West Florida. His account of the re-
markal,le spring and cavern described be-
low, will be read with interest:
".At twelve miles distant from the Tailli-
hassc, is the Big Spring, the source Of the
Wakulla river. This celebrated fountain
is one Of the greatest natural curlositics i'll
the United States. Ascending the river
about one mile below its source, it becomes
so much obstructcd by flags and river weeds,
that it is with great difficulty that boat
can be propelled up the stream; suddenly
this immense spring breaks upon the eye.
1t is nearly one mile in breadth, and OF Il cir
cular form.--The is almost as trans
parent as air itself. 1t is Of an unfathomable
depth, which gives the water deep blue
tint, similar III appearance to the wa
ter i'll the gulf stream. 1t is said that Il
plumb has drawn Gown $50 fathoms of line
without finding any bottom. After arriving
in the centre Of the spring in a small boat
upon clear day, the appearance OF the az
ure vault above, and the blue depth below us
gives rise to succession OF the most singu-
lar ideas. itappearcd after obstructing the
surrounding foliage from the wind that We
were suspended in the immense regions Of
space. The water is highly imprcgnated
with decomposee. limestone which gives it
that extremely transparent appearance,
which can only be accounted for by suppos-
ing that waite impregnated with calcarous
substances, has much less refractive powers
for light, than water in a state of purity,
The temperature Of the water is very low
even in the warmest weather it has an icy
coldness. 1t has however y uauccous taste
by being highly imprcgnatcd with the sui
paurate of lime. On the northern side o
the spring, a beautiful hammonk rises gent.
ly from the water; this is the scatc OF the
former English Factory for the Indian trade
while this couutry WIS under the British
crown, and afterwards the residence of the
celebrated Ambristcr, who WAS executed
during the Seminole campaign. This toun
tain is fed from subtcrraneous sources which
! guSh from the bowels OF the earth with i'll
credible force, rising in the centre with thu
velocity ct boiling water; some idea may b,
formed OF the power with which it gushe
from the earth, by its displacing a column
Of water OF more than two hundred and tift,
fathoms in height, removing with violence
the water Oh the surtdcc.-Ihs spring j
about twelve miles from fort st. Marks, ant
about twenty from the ocean.
The arch cave, situate in Jackson county
about L mile south Of the public road lead
!, ing to- aud about three miles distant from
the ferries on the Chipola river, opens t
the cast by an aperture Of thirty feet wide
and four CT Eve in height, The passage dc
! scends for three or four rods, at an angle G
! thirty-tve degrees, and the cavern grad
/ ually opens to an hundred feet wide and fiji
t ~ feet high. A deep channel, filled wit
transparent water, skirts the south sid
some distance, then breaks off III wells an
$ finally disappears. The course of the cav
4 is \. W., and resembles an arch OF tn
Gothic order. In about sixty yards it
/, crossed by stream OF twenty feet wild
= and five feet deep, which contains ;.bun
: dance of craw fish. After crossing til
j stream, the arch turns rather east of north
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