Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-03-21

We had pushed our way up the
stream for perhaps half a mile, when
|, wecame to spot that, for wild, gloomy
beauty, was equal to anything that We
} had ever seen in any part of the world
For some time we had heard the
steady, solemn sound Of roaring water,
and were prepared to find our progress
checked by cascade; but the scene
we suddenly came upon far exceeded
} our anticipations in picturesque sub.
Unity. An immense wall OF black,
rugged rocks stretched itself upward
before us, TO height Of from seventy
five to hundred feet, either side of
which was buried in dense Jungle so
heavy with foliage that the eye could
not penetrate it. Over this precipice
came rushing, foaming and roaring,
the little stream that we had been
tracing upward, its wbitencd waters
falling into kind of basin, Of consid.
cradle depth, and some fifty feet in
circumference, where they whired
and bubbled and grew calm, and then
moved steadily outward, through an
almost level channel, till they reached
the next gradual descent, when they
started off with gentle ripple, TO in
crease in both sound and speed on
their laughing journey down the noun.
tain to the briny deep below. Around
the basin Of this waterfall grew gigan-
tic trees of enormous height, with i'm
mense branches spreading out in every
direction and interlocking, and so
thickly covered with leaves and vines,
and interwoved with long, green,
shiny moss, that not single ray OF
the hot vertical sun could find It's way
to the pool below, which, even at mid
day, carried on its face the deep shade
OF northern twilight.
While looking at this picturesque
gem of the forest. / was suddenly re-
minded Of being in land OF peril
for, with startled cry, my companion
bounded back several feet, and impul-
pnlsively inflated his example.
"ln Heavens name, what is it ?" |
exclaimed, bringing forward my car
b;na with tramnlons hands
"IooL ~ ho ansrorod no;,,;no 10 n
lead -roIorod a.,'hoaded snaLe q, q van.
omous species, which was coiled around
more ,hsn one or ,we eos, from where
bis face had been nj the moment ot
maL;nv ,ha d;scoyerr I ,el, a chill
nchnrsor a, ,ho narrow osoonaho y mada
Cron, ho;na h;,,on. ond annrooahin',
,ho ron,;i.i u,i,h oroo, oa,,inn M, |,
Snwn ,r;,h ,n,. S;e, and snnoaadad +,
nrnsh;na ;,a no;sonnns Laod ,r;,h ,ha
hroaah 81 ,r narh;na Scarcal,, had
I dana 90 ,ri,,n ~, oomnon,on .olIad
80 N no 60 Loan nr,a; and ;mmad;a,al,,
hrnshad erou M, norson On anormons
sn;dar rhosa h;,o sor anmh, Lnou
p',S, - lano -, .. do"di,. ~ ,ha, y,
usns ua,,n J wv" " '' 10 ''"' VI
'"S eSnaaa ..;a 7 ,,;,. sh,aao. 90
e,.. o .na, I - ~ W.. ,,,aoo o'oo, ~ onoo - y
'" W. .ssnIraS ho,rn,p - pSe ~ ,i;n,h ~ M ~
xo,,o;ao !, ,haro "u ,,oa ~. w r~ ,,.a,, ''S =,
rra,hing the ton and cau,ionslv nnsb.
ed into The iunyIe for this nnrnose In
tho course of half an bonr we had snc.
ceeded in our design and when a,
len,,b we stood mon tbe rocks above
,he cascade we we're rewarded for on r
,edions labor nv snlendid view Of The
sea and a large norton Of The island
4 deer moS;ng tbrougb ,he bushes
hollow on ,he o,ber s;de ot ,ho elera'
,;on now a,,rec,od onr attention and
rcv;vad Tho notion ~ orr havinr y ene
s,oaL C,r d;nnar and ,or,bw;,h wa 90,
or on a reanlor bnn, With ,be ;dsa
Tho, shaniJ wo ro;ss orr an;ma, wa
m;gb, 6nJ ono,her of tho same hind
This isA 40 III a,r e,,nro ,ronhIo !.
Tor hy orr cor.,l.ss ,an,nro wo soon
became comnletelv lost in the iungle !.
and when M lasi we sol on, ave
snnnosed ,or tho beach i, tnr,cd or,
that we took the opnosite conrse and
nusbed deeper into tbe mazes of The
,ores, Al first sunposinr on oursalvos
going right we felt no uneasincss but
when. aiter walking connie Of bours
with ,ut getting n Glimpse of The sea
we fonnd ouselves on the maryin Of n
large stagnant nool and the GENERAL
annesrance of Tho rank vegeta,;on sprh
ns beIonged 70 The don,hs Of nm may.
nlored fnrest wo stonned and locked
inouiringlv at eoch d,her while ,be
bInod grsduallv rctrea,ed from onr
aush.d faces ond Iof, ,hom nolo with
a STRANGE Lind y, faar
Whils VOC ,hns stood looLin, s;lor,
10 n, ooch other and eacb hnsv with
,bonrb,s ,ba, bn was olmos, aXaid IN
eynress a sl,.ak l;,,le denr s,oIe on, of
H. hnsbes ou;,, mar us and ,im;dlv
,hrust his noso dawn toward ,he wa
,her saw him f;st. and making n
sion IN nv companion nor ,o s,,r I
on;,,Iv ro;sed nv n;ec. ,ooL a steady
Mn and 6red Tbe animal dronned
in i,s .racLs but hec,re conId ni,er
an avoIama,;on oe ,,;,nnb ,ho m;Id
horr;d roar os sorno snr,ars heas, rnn,,
,hron,h The ;nn.,le and c,irlv made
mo ,rembla With terror
"a "wv ia wha, ;s !, ~ oxo,o;mod
m, c3mnan;on nressing IN NV side
IA ti,,nr unddnb,edlS answered
wTheS we aro Ios,w'
aNot vct awhile man alivew I
re;o;ncd with reassnrin, boldness
,bonrh doub, NOT was in rcal;,v
no much fr;gh,onsd as himself 1Kesn
n sbarn look.ou, while / reload nv
niece ! and romember If assaiIed we
are not 10 die like oowardsw Weput
ourselves in as rood A defensive posi.
ion as The circumstance would hermit
with our backs braced against a large
tree and watched and waited for half
an bour. when t,nding pothiny annear.