The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-03-07

"A visit 10 W;skulE;l Spring i'm
FIOrid:l

Alter many month Of weary wan
de'ing, my friend and | found our
selves, on a pleasant morning il
March, in the little capital Of Florida
NhIlc we were cnj"yin. our coll,c
with number Of gentlemen, one OF
them asked, slave you been to Wa
knlla." We were obliged to confess
that we had never even heard of such
a place. With look of astnniSh'
mcnt, lie proceeded to account its
wonders. We listened rs incrcdulous'
| y as you, dear reader, are about To
listen to my description. We re.
solved, however, to visit the spot and
prcSumIng with all due rcspcc' for
your Intensive geographical knowl'
edge, that you know no more "t them
than we did, | make no apology for
giving you an account Of our visit to
the wonderful fnuntain.
with oneIeggcd negro as guide,
compog"on dc voynye, and driver of Il
pair of horses whose legs collectively
had not much more elasticity than
80 W. ''"'''" VII '"i JouIhPS. oHF
road. which presented the usual variety
ct sand and stumps, lay through an
almost unbr"ken pine forest. All
along our way we noticed great num-
hcrs "f those drprcs~iu,~, or : sinks"
as 'hey are called, which arc $" com
mon i'll lin cst"nc regions. Snbtcrra
mean streams iorccrd their way through
nv ''eN'''eN III nus S'iI rock, ana rapid
y wear away tne sides "f their cham
''e'H; mus is many suppose, were
"'''c'o ."c @,c''' limestone caves,
", "i''".' "'e I"''''u III .he o"a'iern a,'d
y '''e,'! 0"'eS' some ''h'es 'hc
~ ""''''t' - WIFI 81 h'a''! 10 inc sur.
,'''' ~ ','e ''' !" ''"' .i"'r 'l',, crust
G,'h '';,1. ~ ~ "''-"' AZ" mus Il valley or
''" - '''''''n' Ne ',i'" scarcely
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'' "> ''P''ralii us >nf'acr. we step
ped irt0 Il six III, and pushed OF from
l..r shur, Som. i,n,n,,., Il. ,,.s .,.
lror,rI my ,,,,,,;,,, lI
smear ,o s,,;L ,L.,, ~. ,,,,,'',m
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answered :,Lnu, innr l,n,', H..
assured me tIn, ,h,v w.,. ., l,.,.,
twenty ,.,., f,,, , :,
Tn, wu,.r i nf,hn nn., n,.ry,l,nm.
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hin il, w,,,.r 40 i;.., I,..,, AMI ., -.
head with rrrlrc, l;,,in,iu,., =. IL l.,v
on the bntion 4, we o,nr,.chrI
IN. r,utr. un,icrd ,;,uo,rL .,r,y;.l,
in,cs,ouc cI;ir L,.u,;,,L ms |, y,,
rirrc.d with b,l... ,n,,r,l ,I,,,.,
nn.uiuns we seemed - l,,l: i,, r,.
a,houabIe ocp,hs Thc ho,, ,r,yrL
sIuwly ON. ", hrur trenlI;rn ,,,.r
the cinc of the suukrn prcririrr and
Tar, lar below it law Il dark, yaw,.iun
uni;,lhnn,d abyss. From It's ro,",
comes pou, ;uy Firth with immense
velocity Il liyi,,",ivrr.
'.Fl"od upon flood hnrr-s on, never ending,
Hna M, n"'Gr "' rtsi nor from travail be free
Orr I,II. i, ~ ,','i,n" ~ m - -, " ~, ,''' ',.,
mcnt os ,rnusn,r,,, ,s liz mir ,hnv,
seemed b,yr,iu, mid >y,y ,,.tY.,.n ,v,,
worlds Q