The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-09-02

IS; what CULTS Of shadow You gaze al
from time - line, s,ralniny your ewes in
vain to penetrate int" their depths ; " hat
towering prrcipicc suod and trown over
you what sounds wild and s;arlI,rr.
proceeding from you know not What
cause, cumc at intervals through the
woods; and how your heat beats with
something very much like fear, but vet
not uumlugcd with pleasure, as YOU
slrirg over chasms after tie example of
Your guide, and climb zigzag along the
face OF cliffs which seem lncIrncd to carry
You up higher than BabeI'1 projected
tower into the sky g.,
1t was already one o'clock, when the
I guides who are perfectly despouc during
/ such undertakings, pronounced it time TO
I halt and take IA lt,Ie rcircshlncnt after
which if so inclined, the whole party,
they said, might sleep two hours wllhout
/ running the Ieast risk of not reaching the
/ edge OF the crater toy sunrise. They did
/ halt, and while the servants were kind
/ ling a fire with drrcd wood which lay
about i'll plenty, Mr.. Femme, amused him.
self with looking down the vast sweeps
/ OF the mountain towards the sea. in
/ that part OF ihe world no body appears
/ 10 81; up late, and at the time TO winch |
I now refer the SicIan cities had no lamps.
lou consequently heheId nothing on
shore, save dnsky Irregularities descend.
ing and undulalng TO the extreme verre
OF the shore. But the sea, when it bares
us hr"aS, TO the stars, has, n FAINT gjIm.
mer 'i'iiuSed over It. On the present oc
casi"u there were patches of phosphor
esccnce which, like small luminous isles.
iia>tcI and hDatcd between YOU aud the
lmentInc pr"montorv. Sclcn, e may DIS.
/ H'rite rs 1t PIraScs the mystery of these
pH"h"mcna, bat no;hnG can still that
di>Qrciudr al the heart with which YOU
contemplate The waves on fire, looking
IKE 50 many glow worms several leagues
~ dlmcus"Ms, tioaung lcasureiN away 6e
i"Ir thc wlnd.. From cuJuying this cur.
GUS prospect Mr. Kennel MAS called away
"I the announcement that supper WAS
ready. II" then joined I,s companions,
a''' drank hhd went, wrapped in his
coax, 10 N'ccp, IKE Il red Indian, with his
'c"t t"Nai"' TIE hre.
We men are very clever in our way,
corl linz 10 their d,y and ,s.r, r.,,,r, ,ho.o
travellers were hirnly scientific. knew
all about volcanoes. could Irssrrr:,,,, learn
rd, ON eases and decide. L.f,rn harI ,o
An inch how far a heavy L,Iy. Lv What.
ever cause pu, in motion. could travel IN
two hours. With rcrard to the pu,d4s il
was altogether impossible that they rould
ever Lr taken narpnr; they understood
/ all the tracks ct .E.na as well a, he and
himself. AID could ,Iwa,s d.c,I. whol.
lays beforehand what he wa, rolng to
/ 10 next. Nevertheless he now stnic ,
marrI, unnn lhrm Aw.,ken;ry with .
start, they were sururiscd Mt feeling a
/ warmth much Greater Than ,b.ir vnnd
. lire vas calculated to impart the sky
moreover, was fired with a blood red
/ gIarc, which Lewrldered at once their
senses and Their nn,riuat,on. and the ter.
/ rlb.c nIca SUGGESTED itself To tbc,.~uipds
+ l.at the eruption was IN full pronrc,s.-
( Indeed, lhrv had but 10 louI; arouud
/ them to discover undcui.,b.c proofs Of il.
They were ,tand,ug oan knoll skrrt,d on
/ lhr ssIe OF the cone with trees, and on
! he right aud left a broad stream of fire.
/ glowing ike "a furnace, wa, rushing down
/ INTO the p.aiu, overlhrowinp every thing
I IN us passage, trees, rocks, and where il
encountered Them, human DWELLINGS,
. Never did NJ. Frumei witness auythinp 50
aw iuI us the lie! glare cast upon the
woods 10y the desoiaring torrent as 1t
swept on. lie turned TO the guides, vino
stood hrs de him paraIyzed with terror.
How are We TO get out OF this si,ua.
, to- inquired be.
We don't know they replied we
/ have never before been placed in such
circumstances. But we must make some
movement, ana that speedily, too, or we
sha. be burnt to einders where we stand
! Look the lava is coming and those
vast trees nre bending aud cracking at It's
touch IKE iine graces.'
'WH,' fep!!ed lhe traveller : lead tho
way--you must know ii better tIan we
/ that we may get out into the plain
country before the fiery streams meet be.