Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-12-05
JTNAM COUNTY VIRGINIA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER &, 1856

further than if You enter with your
hat on, you are respectfully requested
to take It of, and your spurs, ii you
wear them, You are required to take
OF, too, ind leave them lat the door.
No profane jangling, it would there.
from seem, being allowed to disturb
the holy quiet that reigns therein.
~ Having seen all that il curious here
70 be seen, with reverence let US quit
this holy ground, remarking. BY the
way, what may not at first have at.
tracted our notice that the building is
a little shattered on one side from The
shock ofan earthquake and that on
the approach to it from the direction
of Monterey there is to be seen q con.
siderable rent in the earth, TO oil ap.
pearances produced blythe same cause.
And now, crossing Carmel at a ford,
and bearing to the right along the
line Of coast, we may, after q short
ride, arrive at q place where maybe
seen one Of the most remarkable ma.
tural curiosities, perhaps, ever found
in the known world. *" '
A lover of nature might well af.
ford to perform journey across the
Rocky Mountains or a voyage around
Cape Horn to view it. Point Lob& |.
rugged and tremendous projection,
is the terminus OF n promontory exs
tending out into. the Pacific ocean,
sheltering n quiGt little inlet on the
oneIhanl. as We ADVANCE. which con.
trasts strikingly with tlle. wild sight
1--WE are soon 70 witncsss when. after
passing along q slightly ullduiating,
grassy surface, inter$pcrsad with trees
and shruhery, we arrive on>the Point.
which rises precipitously. There,
dismounting and leaving our horses
at a convenient distance, we proceed
grad ually to walk toward the verge,
treading over huge piles OF the gran
lite. rock, passing frightful chasmsor
creyices Of not more than stride ia
breadth bnt hundreds Of feet in depth,
wherein the tide rushes and recedes
with a force resembling that Of some
gigantic machinery 4 Here, on this
fearful platform, where a step amiss
might precipitate Won into one ofthese
| frightful crcviccs, from which noupht
save the a.foam ever returned after
having forced an enterance, or where
you might be tumbled over into the
main ocean and be emerged beyond
the possibility of RECOVERY. What a
prospect you behold! The fathom.
less. illimitable expanse of waters be.
yond. while at the distance Of a good
gun shot from where You stand, is to
be seen protruding many feet above
the surface, a cluster ofiagged rocks,
presenting the appearance Of various
forms Of structure, conical. pyramidal,
columnal, and castellated, while in.
tervening. and on every hand the
fearful agitation Of the waters make
You sensible of the existence Of the
breakers that ore barely concealed,
over and around which the pillows
eternally tumble, roar and foam.
No form ofboat could live, no liv.
ing animal could keep aAoat save that
remarkable creature, the lobo. from
which the spot takes its name, to
which the animal seems indigenous. it
in all probability, having occupied
for ages this stronghold amidst the
waters. under an instructive impres.
sion of security in the possession of a
locality uhapproachable to assailants
from land or water. | +, / 4 T.;
This remarkable animal, the sea-
wolf or dog, called LOBBY the Cali.
fornians, and sea.lion by the Ameri.
cans. on account Of its somewhat re-.
semblance to the lion, ID a species Of
the seal. and may be seen basking on
the rocks numbering not only hun.
dreds. but thousands. varying in size
from that Of a dog Or sheep up to that
Of a full. grown OK or horse. Here,
when in repose, you NAV find them
lazily basking as though their only
existence consisted in drawing the Vi
tai air. but on firing gun among
them. the idea that occurs to yonr
mind, as the sight and sound breaks
upon your. astonished senses, is indie
scribable. First. their terrific below
ing louder than the roar of so many
| lions, or bulls. is heard above the
noise of the pillows; then their I'M
couth motions; their writings and
distortions as they make off for the
water; their movement On the rocks,
to appearances. being most painfully
difficult; that which seemingly should
have been feet to them, being more
like fins. Yet, when having travelled
to their dumping off place, /" and pre-.
eipitated themselves over, a wonder
fully spry animal they seem in that
element to be sure, as they ride the
pillows in shoals, diving under and
re.appearing ike "didappers" or ''wa.
lter.widgeons."
But our business does not lead US
to this spot-only as lovers Of the Gu.
rious. we have invited you TO accom-.
pany us some miles out ofthe way for