Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-26
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GREENWOOD, Va, April 2t.-No Ifs :r
romantic section Ct Black Rcck Spieg, O.
Tuesday morning, and pushed down tie it!!.
stream that soon after furnished Us spo:. Of az
enliveDing raIuIe fer good part Of The Jas,
Our rights rest Oh the hard beds Of the be-
fore mentioned hotel had org partially relieve!
US from the fatigue Of the weary march Ct Il.
day before. ard it required several MIS- o. i
rough descent to supple cur liaJs 70. he G4;'-
work. Not many ni1utes siier siafl!us, {.
thought and feeiiGg Of wcaI!uess were Y4G:sl.,
10 the eXhilarallog excitement Of laadios IT,
beauties Of that mCuotaia r9er, the spCckl:i
trout. The sport was continued uatl! cighy
were safely stored ia cur baskets, and thcl.
thinking cf the warm welcome a:d The snokiuc
viauds that awaited Us al oGi cd i.icuu ;, 4c,
Jeks's. We Left the brsuc:l anl pu.h1d ca !yr
his house, which MSS reached alter sanp q
about six miles. TIE fret care. airsf our 81
rival, was the stsbIiug and itclieg Il ct.
packhors,, "Dabaey." "ho had 80 iaIth!ul,
borno his shere Of the tHo dsy's march, aoi
we left him to his cora ard hay to SEEK iydi
for ourselves. Alter partsk!ng ni hesC,
meal at about p. H.. W; rlmblcJ i1f The r.
msiDder Of the afternoon ~ The woods ne:
our stopping place. We s1oD found several d
tho remarkable lakes nat aJorud IL this pat
Of Augusta. aoa had tie satisfaction OF tx,Gi
ining closely, Tor TIC fist tine their s!oau.t
and curious formation. Oac 81 them IL IL
shape perfectly circulsr, aI0 maaSurca ac.5h
ooc hundred yards in diameter, vii! sijrIg.
bank at least ten feet Giia, covered Wrh
plumber of small Thiio rock TIA. IL uot Ior-i
Il oh1 Ia, u,
of cur visit was vtry low, bar IL is sa'd 10 &!
| aud run ever 10 v.T5 Wet weather. A:osn'
| remarkable part Of the story Is that It has -
| bottom, or il it has, it cane b3 i1ati !,
sounding. We notiaad a tumb:r 81 .;u',,
living animals swimming about 10 it. 10 sh,!
| very much like The alligator. To The sI2ht ,t
| this lake. about 50 feet. is another tt saia':sc
dimensions bu. apparently d2epcr. The BOT.
| to this one is perpendicular. and has uua.r,r
| Of large aud small trees growing ouS OF It, az
| the banks surface is covered with hcanll'u
moss, All around these lakes Ge touGd aqii.
tity of the little fragrant fowe!s so ioody Ia' /
| by many of the fair ladies' Of cid AcZaudil
the arbutus. Ii grows to great prrecuja, 1:i
its bloom is noa.ly twice the 5Iza OF that gath,
| ed around our CID ciy We all I'll: 81 II -
would like 10 pluck button hole b0Gi1-I lie
| nvc1y old bachelor friend VIZ had, and tw' -
| each of our lady friends. R9urcirg 10 Iat'.
Jske's VIC SIT down to I ul2s: delightful suH
| ptr, and if any OF cur friends had been r.''
to see US ell cat, they surely would hlV5 thJr a.,
that we had Just returned ttoGl the suir1n!.r
Of Lees army Tho people CT tbl' a.cI's
are mostly oil Dutch cxirac':tn, a4G ar -.
all graduates OF the University. The 10 l'"'rf
will givs an idcs Ct thcir general cdus.' III "ri
Information When on tho dirac. !on'r ~
Turks Gap We asked al hGu'1 hos tsE q.
vas TO the Gap? The ens~tr came. Il d@h
know you." We rcpested the qu:ati"a 40
yero answered, If dou't kno~ ecu. ID.
then another female appeared or The so4nn,an II
she replied, "'raint luz, lisht down that
! This eXprissior, We found 10 our '!i>enG.;.''
meant 6yo miles While st supper, eur h'-.
asked his better half where o certain ma bod
come from who had lately died 10 tire nrlchH'i
hood. Her reply was. jacob, | !1islts
Soon after U1ce Jake passed the IlS a'ul'i
With, "Havc some CT these molasses !? hoG.h
not we'll educlted We can speak lfOm our u"
knowledge that kinder, or more hospiaH!'
set of people DO not dwell il the State.
After a good nights rest IN en-! ol!a! /.
beds and hearty break last, part oi ~"it'
consisted Of eight different kinds OF rrcse."e:
fruits, We started for cur last day. i'n. hn'
| after brisk WAX OF 000ut nan lille -
struck the branches. Just here came The 'n'
of war. The stream GENES out CT real m1uo
tain gorge ; no humbug this Iiuc. Al som.
points the rocks aro piled orc above tic "tH'
Tor hundreds OF feet CT others ihSY '''''
straight up like monument in I'll the!! 2 io:;
and being perpendicular arc almost mace Ss!tI'
but q trout fisherman knows tho dtftu!sl SAID
he comcs to cotqucr. Alter toi!log for hours ~
| these steep asc :ltF, over, aronoi aud n:d,'
rocks, fur there s Sothing else to plant or 90
foot On, We at last reached our at!'udH. a-d
after short rest began the days sport, Eshl'.
down stream. From ten nnut5s alter srvs" e.
| 20. until ten minutes Of FOUR p. H., SO WI
steadily engaged ID stepping ifol 'ock - GOES,
sometimes 10 the water. s0mci!mts eli: 1i It
and whco tho hour mentioned camo We "ii'
ready for light meal end steady ~aE 81
6iteeu miles. Before leaving Uoc!e Jake y
counted up one hundred aud forty l0ur tr1d. -
| the days catch, s0mo OF them mc2safin@ twp Is.
| inches. We left Jakc's at hali-paat four, a"j
| after toi!some. weary tramp, reached tit'
place at about half pas: eight, feeling fully OK.
peLsaled by tho delicious eaolo We secureI, A.:
the beautiful country We had traver5cd.
THREE FlsHERNE1.