Litchfield enquirer., 1835-09-03

grew every NhPte % Breat nbundaNce De- Hersc lel proposed ihal fse eIQpld take out all our LEses. give rapid speed dse the panorlna, and seaseh iss S2ne ol fhe priacipa thlleys kown Io ne,fIlsa,hn,
 as4he hnst likely nRtped to reward our first hiehis "nservattoD witi tlo discovery of animated heinss
 Tise leases being remsssd, aadIhe enls es,C o7 yv nnuueFaby sRlerVus Tefleeioss left ss .SGd i9 sscsrdsnce g ger eelfplaops. dual our ofSii'e l0haF EOfIace @ the distinctness f,Ih M ,
 iaa and detail wlticli could ys; anoGse ed of a,
 r'a olJssl at thsdts'aaef Qt lye Enda hIf ;piless sraed in Note 5. This afforded us ihe best .S;I. Seape views we had 'thett0 OBtaiasd; and aIihosh the acceera,ed paa1R tTasiIer aOo grrat we en- valeys which bounded by Iuiy hills oi SO percc, " copied a tnrnSas emdeF bhen hesske worEs oC nature than"f art passed .ke canyass he!ose we had 'Me t0 cheek them hght but pEesently itrain of scenery met Sour eve tIeat6resso So entirely nJei that Dr. Herschel sgmacd iptifiteo&e eel ceny.,,,e ns Srafa.Ion "t movement. + was lofty chain oi obe- reg"ar groups. each coupseit 0f at,oh l,irv Or tea " spEess every syhirlhWaS pefIectIy square and as accurately IImcaled ms the finest specimens of CornsiT crystaE I1Iiey were Of faint hlac hus aud very resplendenu. we ,ha1 ass"redy falien productions of ar; bu, Dr. Her. se'rl frewsiy remark ed haEi if the Lunarians could
 aI "e ,sS "r i"r,y mss such menomss.s asaiesov eqUivocal character. Ha t,ia,nounced Them orau;~ iosnntioas ot probably iIe sine scolore au,e,hvss sIec'es' aud promised ue iai these aud other isronl Ml'ish wi snd obai"edi s powerful se,ian oof the: IaWs ot erystaliza,ion this pIannt "a rcl,fsd uf meteorological study OssinsSducihg a lens1iis co". lecture WaF confirmed 9heY were uaomsirous, amel sesl the sun Tiieys varied ia heieht fro,as slXiy to ninety lee,, though We saw seyeralaof n s'il moFesincredhIea ahu,le:g They were -olseryeds m cceskionaoT valleys dyideLy of FpnndtsEeasssd hls, vered gwh verdore a nn hiy nnduaed but, what is most rc,narka able. .s,e valley which eopiained 1hese s,npe nd0us cgyssas were ihyafsbly barren, and covered witlvsioues of ierrnginous hue, which were probably iron pyriIes
 We found tIat those curosities Were situated ih district elevated about alf mile above the valley of the Mare Foecnndaiis, of Mayor and Ri,cioI;. sl,s shores of which hove in yiew1 But r.,vas name more inappropriately bestowed From 2. Dan 10 Beersheba" all was barren, barren-he sea.board wasfn.lFey composed of chalk and flint, aud not a vestige ofssegealion could be discovered with our sroas glasses. The pebreadil oI the noral,ern extremity of this sea" which nAs al,nu IfFe hundrc. %S ss "syg sr"s'ed sr lss we
 sve lorestsef larger trees than had helore sse- the speciesef which Ihaye 1p good analogy 10 ile. serise. essse"era oon!asrey sasenuie,l ..,r sos. having broad glossy leasestke those or,he Iahges and tresses0f yellow fowefsw hung in the or.en giades, from the brancheSeto he5 groand. These Us with piier aetonshment. IL was an ovsi yaley turroS ,aied. except af baSo openin ng the south, by ihe hills reaas the puresi vermiion, and evidently crystazed; for wherever a recipious chasin appeared--and thcse chassns were very tre quent and of immense deIllilIe perpeapdcular sec. ti"ns presented congloner,e of polsgon crys
 
 strata, which geM dark in coioF as they nded to the foHHaiioMs Vf the rrrcipnes. ainslumerable cascades wers bursting ostb from the hreass of all suchgrai tfes3 aa fdassa5 are lies aly hfdisj aineler. speyer was so yiyidy lemnded nf Byrop's simile "ths ali af the ~iire horse ii s,hs ResSla tf"ns"t AT tic oofof this boundary 8f hills a
 erent zhae of swaods ssurronndtpglhe whoeI yaIley, which WAS aout eigbleen twenty miles wide i ils greaiss. bIesd.l, md abo9t Ihiry in iengh small seaaesfA lsa ispes wHh seUnle ne of copseDus stence. h she shade of the wanjs on !hs south eastern side, se beeld ccniiuous herds Of bro adfupetls, having hte exiernai charac ieflslcs tie taebn, bat diIhimnve than amy speeiesrfshe .os genus in oar naiurai hsiery,t Its ia was like that of onr hos grnanieDs but inlts se- of its dew lap. aud The length of ts shaggy hair, closely resesniiet tic species which lifst cspar. ediil hrhRd. bowsyer,one widely disnciiye fea- @ "ar asastupsS % Gs @ Y ssssy s bie HrAhy appe ndage over the eyes, crossing the breadth of he forehead and united to the earss sVe could, pos saefeess iAls ihefy Ast lwhlsh knnwH so Ii'e ladies as Mary CSeen bf sscos csl,.
 ited aud lowate by neaus Of Ire tars lt lniisest this wasa 10 protect the eyes of the animal From the great ex,remes of ight apd datkness io which Il he inhaiiihis s6f oaf aide or the moon are periodically sakjsessdd, d,, s,. ..r
 earth 3. lnoas!sf was a bisiii sa eSls. alo", the size ef gos., wat attend Si;d beard Ike him, and sthRte ltDrM eughuy uItHnenlot1Safds u0uAthe peens ped Ss""d, I" had Sata as i, was srega. rioas Add,thrhy ai,pyndsd op le acclisea gladesa of he woods ,lna elegance of synPetty r'ssted inc antelope, aud like Tim seemed ag gile srrigh iy creature, running with greats speed and sfinging fr6tn the gree arf wil le cOmasaa antics ofa lan or ki,eo. FThis ieaui lAl creature afforded ns e exquisite alnuEement. IAa tnmlcry Of iis movements Vppn our white pained canvass, was as faiiiiinf add that bf animals &ithA few yards of a ohsnaral whcb na,ictufel uinH alU fpgers upon iR heard, jt wOiJd sudeniy bound away, into oblivion as if ponsciols of our earthly tperH. nence; bn ii'otkes4 would Appear, sisoH eohd pres s,a Dbiisgihe herbagc, sayse io ssl'"''Me would 10 them. 9f.,letnas. .stt;g .4. tl .sf anu-
 2e sssgRsg ,Ass s sesaIs a ts aegss,si ys''fs, lovely islands aad wasertds of kihsls. A species of grey pelaaa bhe snnst Annenqus .lbht
 hacksas.k he crallf, wlill lang legs aad bl, were also quite cOTpnh. We watched thspr
 i4GiVsroas exisefiiehs aiU, ii,e i hOpSs of catch ns sight Af a Uaaf sis buE sAth S0i1 wsBe not gratiiis. ia tk is rsspecl we coSdessly ksfsA He purpose w,h wlich they plsnged rshgrjYpg necks to deeply heneah the water. Near tie upper exireMi- y oi 0ne of these islands we ohalnea ghinrse CT wbiel rolled w,h sgrsnlt aqross the fptly beach. and was iost sight of in ihe srope cnrreni which set bf from thiS hngis of fl,cisand. We wtft cot6t,e sowevef, @eave ihstpsblifc valley aa$ exnI.sFed ea aeco of cI0hds LicAivena eslaeHis Iv accumuatug iu inc upsr atmosphere, eur pwp bF ing perfectly transUceHt But Ibis Was itself an in: ,eres,iag discovery, for more dsiant obseFvefs had auessSed or denied the exssace sf any iisn'sd al. 'Ac:phsre ie ihls plnass, . s, gsg,xA Her. schel inteFSed st the Increasing Ffa9gIbHiY of her - .,.ld nras, ,AV tiff lfactiom of oar