The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-03-03

NNHtNfA A+Fft-A ~ 49, -
eighth degree OF laliiude, you wllIfnd
lraced thereon The name Of the largest
and moa terrible ahplpool IN tie
known work.. Ills Alalesirum, some-
lines eall,l Mokcs inm is about q
mi,c ard a halt ~ i am'ter, and its
vortex ias an inclination u i,rty-fye
degree. or a. d ,hai uf watr IN a
large tnunel VII n half tun out. Il
i. 20 f.owefinily dcslruciv'. that the
largest tessrl ever constructed, Il oice
fairly caught IA It's Nhirl would be no
more lhan mere feather Every
iling lhd enters il IS crushed and
loru 70 pieces, AID mighty tint ers are
seh out all ir.ken and covered with
.plimrrs ike feathers Nothing has
ever IL cn known u tnWr il and re-
luru with lii,. The largest whale,
e hen caught within ils iuruu., ioaa-
~ waters. goes down wiih lie most
wi j ,ot ing and b owings- only TO
throw ont a-ain an uuaninate.
purs na,s
Tln cause of Ills immense whirl
lopl has be, Il variou>ly staed--bui il
IS ouiy gae,,-work AMI theory after
all. Some lav. thought there is a
,uherrm,ean passage, and that lbr
w.ttrs tome out at great distance,
one wriler even giving the guilt Of
Boihnia Tor their terminus. Others
again, and with more Flausibiiily, ar
que that the whnl is solly the effect
Of the waters Of the tide, during its
ebb and fos, being pcnl up by
hedges Of rocks, over which hey fall
with the velocity cf a cataract, and as
sum- lhe cyialory mo,' mcnts in their
Efforts 10 escape or reach a level
From the fact that ihe great whir'-
pool is only six hours in motion at one
time, with perfect lull Of fifteen min
utes Il The turn Of tI4e Tide, am ia
clined to tie latter hypothesis.
But be the cau,c villa, il may, tie
Maelstrom itself is terrible beyond the
pow Or Of de,cliptiou-the laundering
roar Of its waters can be heard for
miles, and on one occasion, it is sta
ted, i" il ragged with sucA noise and i'm
petuosiiy, that on the island of Mos
koe tile very stones Of The houses fell
TO the ground.
Well do | remember The wonder
and ave excited m my youthful breast
by a description Of this fearful pleno-
menoh.and the pictures Of youthful fan
ey ARE yet fresh in my reoolleclions ol
some homcHard hound vessels, freight
with happy souis, being caught within
llte great eilclr Of these willing wa
irrs, and hurled downward to de true
ton. amidst the wilde,i sbiieks &c ter
ior and tie most ieryrnt prayers for
salvation. Litlle did then think hat
| should ever behold the drtadiul
whirlpool myself, and least Of al. That
! should ever have the temerty 10 vol
unfairly venture upon Is awial brink
sail round with ils circling waters, aud
gaze down into It's hi2sing. toaminl.
roaring. horrible depths.
Business ola commercial nature Ted
M to visit .ome Of the pots Of Nor
way and b. Loft den Islands. and be-
ii.g within EASY each of this wonder
81 the world. became pos >esspd w ia
a great desire TO ce il farmyselE In
conversation with au old Norweg an
f-lerman. learned, 10 my great sur
prize. that he had more than one ye,,-
tur.d acrass it. with i strong breeze,
during It's regular lull at the Turn Of
lhe tide.
=" And how did you feel at such
Time. Z" inquir'd |, witl,a great deal
of euli,us interest.
Wen, don't know as Il made any
particular difference in my feelirgs."
rrplied tie man, in maiier.of-faet
way. We f.herman get so used 10
d-neers q all kinds. that ono or iwo.
more or less, harlly seems to be worth
speaking about. We always carry
our lives IN our hands. aid naturally
e1peci to leave cur bodies in the s,a
sometimes. and for what ! can uadsr-
stand a man nHy - well 60 down IN