The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-12-27


81 Passing beyond this last islsnd, we
reached country where there was cave
that ran 10 the distance Of thirty Or forty
miles within the bowels Of the earth, and
that contained q greater number. Of far
more spacious and moro magnificent pala-
ces than are 10 be- found in oil Damascus nd
Bagdad. From The roof Of these palaces
there hung myriads Of gems, like diamonds,
but larger than men: and ia among the
streets oftowers and pyramids and temples,
there flowed immense rivers as black az
ebony and swarming with fish that bad no
eyes.'t
Hum" said the king
we then swan into region Of the sen
where we found lofty mountsin, down
whose sides there stresmed melted metal,
some Of which were twelve miles wide and
sixty miles long;N while from nm abyss
on the summit, issued so vast quantity Of
ashes that the sun was entirely blotted out
from the heavens, and il became darker
than the darkest midnight; 80 that, when
we were at the distance ola hundred and
fifty miles from the mountain, i was impos-
sibIe to see the whitest object, however
close we held i to our eyes.'4
sHum! said the king.
'After quitting this coast, the beast con-
tinued bis voyage until wo met with q land
in which the nsture ofthe things seemed re-
versed--for NO here saw great lake, At
the bottom Of which, more than hundred
feet beneath the surface Of the water, there
flourished in full leaf forest Of tall and
luxuriant trces.'* 8 u.
sHooe enid the king.
Proceeding still in the samc direction,
we presently arrived at the most magni6-
cent region III the whole world. Through
| It there mcandered glorious river for sew
cral thousands Of miles. This river was Of
unspeakable depth, and Of a transparency
richer than that Of amber. It was from
three to six miles in width; and it's banks,
which arose on either side to twelve hum
dred feet in perpendicular height, were
crowned with r-blossoming trees, and
lperpetusl sweet-scentcd flowers that made
The whole territory one gorge ous garden
but the name Of this luxuriant land was the
Kingdom Of Horror, aud to enter it was in
evitablc death.'t
Hump said the king.
we left this kingdom in great haste.
and after some days, came 10 another, where
we were astonishsd TO perceive myriads Of
monstrous animals with horns resembling
scythes upon their heads. These hideous
beasts dig for themselves vast caverns in
the soil, Of q fhnnel shape, and limo the
sides Of them with rocks, so disposed one
upon the other that they fall INSTANTLY, when
trodden upon by other animals, thus precip-
itating them into the monsters den, where
their blood is Immediately sucked. and their
carcasses aftsrward hurled contcmptuously
out 10 an immense distance from the cav
ems Of DEATH i
Pooh ! said the king.
continuing our progress, we perceived
district aboundiug with vegetables that
grew not upon any soil but in the air.'T
There were others thst sprang from the
substance ofother vegetables others that
derived their sustenance from the bodies o.
living nnimals;f and then, again, there
ory ofpetrifaction MI Kennedy. This account,
At first discredited, has since been corroborafed
by the discovery Of completely petrified Forest
near the head. waters Of the Cheyenne, or Chen
ne river, which has its source in the Black Hills
Of the Rocky chain.
1.-THE Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky.
lin Iceland, 1893.
asDuring the eruption Of Hecla, in 1866, clouds
ofibis kind produced such degree Of darkness
that. at Glanmbs, which 10 more than fifty leagues
from the mountain, people could only End their
way by cropping. During the eruption OF Vesnsl.
us. 1894, at Caserta, four leagues distant, people
could only walk by the light oftcrches. On the
first Of May, 1912, . cloud OF volcanic ashes and
sand, coming from volcano in the island OF 81.
Vincent, covered the whole Of Barbados, spread
ing over il 50 intense darkness that, .t md-day'
ia the open air, could not perceive the trees OF
other objects near him, or even white handker'
chief placed at the distance Of six inches from
the eye.'-[ Murray p. 2i5 fhA edit.
| ssIn the wear 1890, in the Caracas, during an
earthquake. portion Of the granite soil sank and
len lake eight hundred yards In diameter, and
from eighty to Z hundred feet deep. 1t was
part of the forest Of Arirao which sank, and the
| trees remained green for several months under
water'-[ Murray, P. 22i.
THE region Of the Niger. Gee Sinsmond's
sC6lomiol Magari'e.'
L
ster' 10 equally applicable TO small abnormal
things a. 10 great, while such epithets Is vast
are merely comparative. Tho cavern ofshe myr'
melon il pa,t in comparison with the hole Of the
common red ant. A grain Of slick j., also,
sfock.'
TsThe Epidendron, F7os .Aeris, Of the family o.
the Oychidsa, grows with merely the surface o.
its roots attached 10 tree, or other Object, from
which il derives no nutrimsnt- -subsisting a.
together upon aire
sT'hs Raraates, such a. the wonderful Roeaeso
! .Arnaldii.
| tSetouv advocates class Of plants that grow
upon living animais-the Hsnte Episor. Oifhis
class are the Faei and Aga.
Mr.. ,. b. Williams, Of Salem, Mass presented
the sNational Instituted with an insect from New
Zealand, with the following description - '1ht
Hosse,' decided caterpillar, or worm, is found