Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-09-16


sixty to hundred feet deep--with
a small pool (or as the natives call
it "Spring'') Of clear fresh water
always in the hotto,n, neither in
crcasing or decreasing in quantity
but furnishing always a supply of
pure water to those who have built
and live i'll the vicinity. Osher of
these sinks occur among immense
limestone boulders, and leave fath-
omless pools of water absolutely
wonderful in their transparency.
The whole country contains lakes
after lakes, i'll whatever direction
you may go. Some OF them have
remained from the time they were
first known without any percept-
able change. Others have been
known to suddenly loose all their
their water except small surface
right over the sink through which
it evidently disappeared, and TO
which no bottom could be found.
Then after time the waters have
as suddenly reappeared and the
lake returned to its former condi-
tion. In one point these lakes are
all alike-they all abound in GUAM
tites OF the finest fish, principally
front and brem.
One remarkable feature in so
level a country as this, is the huns
her of caves that exists. A friend
gave me few days ago, descr;p-
ton of one recently discovered, and
explored by him as far as It was
practicable to do go without boat.
1t is situated in the pine woods,
where the land stretches away for
miles in every direction as level AS
a barn floor, and covered with pines
growing in the white sand. At the
point where the cave exists,
ere is symetricaf basin
e h aped sink, having in its
centre an opening or hole, over
grown with bushes. At one side
of this basin is an opening among
some limestone rock, through which
a person can with difficulty descend
on an incline which opens or leads
into a circular cave or chamber
Immediately under the outside de-
preston, and with the hole above
mentioned, in the centre of its roof
On one side of this chamber is an
opening in the side wall opening
into larger chamber, the floor OF
which is covered with water to Il
depth that he was unable to deter.
minewith a long pole that he carried
Having no boat, this chamber
could not be explored, but by put
ting some dry trash upon a board,
igniling it, and pushing it ont ON
the water as far as tho pJle would
reach, he could see that the cham
Der was a long one. lie drank OF
the water of :his subtcrancan lake,
and found it cool and sweet.
But If | undertake to tell Won O!
even tithe of the wonders of this
wonderful country, should be inn
posing upon your time and patience,
and having to stop, having but lit
tie more than began, l had as we'll
stop here.
Tallahassee is a .fnashed toaon.
! Finished, but by no means COM
plete.
How long it has been finished
would perhaps be impossible for
the oldest iEhabitant to tell. Evi-
IDENTIFY it has been finished long
enough to need rebuilding, and
were the people to do their part as
well as Nature has done hers, it
would he one of the beautiful places
of Earth.
The town is situated i'm rolling
country. as much SO as the country
around Raleigh, N. G., though bnt
Il couple OF miles sonth of us com
mences the level pine lands that
stretch away to the Gulf, about
twenty miles distant The close
proximity of the Gulf, and the IL
tcrvening level country, give us an
almost continuous gnlf breeze that
makes it very pleasant during the
hot summer MOI tbs, and keeps the
thermometer down to an cndura-
ble temperture.
1t rarely goes over 96' here, and
many summers does rot 90 so high
, but the summers are SO long, last
ing: you may say, about five
months. Yet there are but few, il
any, nights during that the year
!. that the guilt breeze does not make
it cool and pleasant, SO that one can
sleep well at hight and get up in
the morning refreshed.
| have not yet seen here one ol
J those oppresivelv warm nights, that
; so often prevent on, from sleeping
in North Care lima.
Take it all together there arc
, many desirable features about this
; country, and to say the least of it
, II 1e aa my wifo said Ioriuo q vis;,