The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-11
"A Wonderful Lake.

lhu following extracts arp from tho
correspondence to the Courier e En-.
quier, OF ..r. L. Merianp, who is now
tIa telling about the suulues Of the St.
EHw"ence
Another point of great interest,
examined on The north side of the
water shed, on the high lands Of Cam.
'niIIus; "u fiat piece Of ground, in
dropc:i;m. 1t spring, Il black roo!, >.n-
reached, which had the lustrc d
cumpactness anI color of anthracite
coal, but it lacks the essential quality
OF being cuInbusliblc. obtained sew
eral specimens for my geological col
lection. On the high land the apples
were OF exquisite flavor and most
beautiful tlnt-the most sple#did fruit
| have seen amy where. East of this
point On the top Ola hill in ManiiuS /
examined wonderful lake-this lax.
is in the apex of q high hll--anL is in
the bottom of y circular inLen!at.n
like the crater al al eX!ingu>lled vol
cano. The form Of the crater is like
that Of the inside al u ,c;.cup, it is
about 200 feet from the uplnr rim to
the water. The water ha> depth of
more than three hundred leet, and
when looked at from the tup of the
bank has IL bright green cnlor, but uu
being lifted in Il glass IS found to br
perfoctIy transparent. Tree, that fall
into the water tI the lake bucmmr eli
cru>ted with green cuatin., that Oh
be,ng exposed to the air BECAME stone.
The boys in the vicinity yet small
sticks ont o, the water thus encrusted
and cutting out the woody p rt make
| whistles Of the stone cncrustatiun. =
Another lake called tho L4owcr Gree,l
! Lake connects with this crcil r lake
by little run that app ars to have
found its way through HI op n ch,s,n.
| examined the round Like j.. The even
ing first by nuun lighl, was alone
and stood upon lis my s,erious rim un
der the shade of noble tree, with
sink.holes around me, rndeavnring t,
gather from the impressive scenery
new thoughts. 1t isa wonderful pIac,
to commune iii silence with ones self
| listened attcntively to see 'fany noise
came from below; nothing uf the kind
was perceptibIe. The next morning
befnre the sun had risen, | nyain re
paired ;n the banks OF this deep basin
and could. in that state of almusphcr,
which OH clear morning prcccde,
sunrise, diScnver gases rising from ,ht
bottom OF every portion ut' the lake
its suItace was in q state Of ebuitio,
from the escape ot the gases from be
low. At tho lower lake spent some
time-there will. the striking OF sticl
on the surface of the water, causet
bubbles to form on the surface and a.
these were waited toward rock
stond upon, which gently sl"pcd int
the lake, having white surface,
noticed that the suns rays were brough
to focus by these bubbles, in lin
pointed star. It WAS an mteiestin
observation, and ! continued il for al
hour with n deep interest.
On the borders Of this lake in
cool November morning | came ul,o
q garden of fiowers-beantifuI in
splendid beyond descrip,iuu-the
were frost flowers and the growth
the previous night. In shape they RI
se'nbIe the white pond liy-but tn
: stem was unlike that aquatic fluwe
! being only of few inches in length
! these frost flowers were as large ,
j.. the white lily, aud rose but lit